Uta Hagen

Haskel Frankel

The performer and teacher guides the actor in overcoming the human and technical problems of his art

Respect for Acting

Fiona Coffey

I appreciate how this book is meant to teach anyone to act. It isn't only for people who are already good at it. Her tone was a wee bit pretentious sometimes and it was a little bit boring in the beginning but I like its basis. 3 stars because I had to read it for a class, and it was kind of a pain in the ass. But it was a good book and I did enjoy it.

Respect for Acting "This fascinating and detailed book about acting is Miss Hagen's credo, the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself and those she [taught], and an explanation of the means to the end." --Publishers Weekly "Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles on acting with vivid dicta drawn from experience, skill, and a sense of personal and professional worth. Her principal asset in this treatment is her truly significant imagination. Her 'object exercises' display a wealth of detail with which to stimulate the student preparing a scene for presentation." --Library Journal "Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting . . . is a relatively small book. But within it, Miss Hagen tells the young actor about as much as can be conveyed in print of his craft." --Los Angeles Times "There are almost no American actors uninfluenced by Uta Hagen." --Fritz Weaver "This is a textbook for aspiring actors, but working thespians can profit much by it. Anyone with just a casual interest in the theater should also enjoy its behind-the-scenes flavor." --King Features Syndicate

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