Act Right

by Gray, Erin; Purl, Mara

• ISBN13: 9781584360001
• ISBN10: 1584360003
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-31
• Publisher: Haven Books

Summary

"My first day of work as the star of a television movie was a study in what an actor shouldn't do. I wanted to make sure other actors don't go through the same nightmare," said Erin. "When you're confident about the technical details, you're free to create as an actor. If you do a brilliant scene but it winds up on the cutting room floor because you don't know how to match, whose fault is it really?" "One of our goals in writing this book," said Mara, who created and produced the hit BBC series Milford-Haven, "was to help actors see what a collaborative business this is. None of us work alone. The more we know about crew members jobs, the more intelligent we can be about our own work. We're tired of actors getting a bad rap for not being professional." The book finishes with a glossary of the code words spoken in the entertainment business, which are presented here as a tongue-in-cheek and yet encyclopedic tome of information. Open the book at random and read a great anecdote or look up an obscure word. But we think you want to read it from cover to cover. Only then will you be able to Act Right.

Author Biography

Erin Gray was the American public's image of the ideal woman as ôKateö in ôSilver Spoonsö and she redefined our public image of the beauty with brains when her sleek, sophisticated ôColonel Wilmaö became a role model in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century." Mara Purl starred as "Darla" in "Days of Our Lives," then created "Milford-Haven USA," the first American radio soap opera broadcast by the BBC where it had 4.5 million listeners. She is the author of five popular Milford-Haven Novels, What The Heart Knows, Closer Than You Think, Child Secrets, Cause and Conscience, and Nobody's Fault.