Actor’s Starter Kit

- Marlon Brando

We recommend the following films, books and online resources to get started.

WATCH:

• Dr. Ian McGilchrist’s award winning documentary
  The Divided Brain

• Jill Bolte Taylor talks about left/right brain
  My Stroke of Insight

• Speak with Conviction (Stop using 'upspeak'.)

• Introducing Seymour by Ethan Hawke

• Listen to Me Marlon by Marlon Brando

• The Last Movie Stars: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

• Russel Brand speaks with Tristan Harris about how technology is influencing our minds.

• The National Theater - Live from London: Streaming great performances from outstanding plays.

• and keep scrolling down for some incredible YouTubes.

READ:

• Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

• The Method: How the 20th Century Learned to Act

• Lost Connections by Johann Hari

• Mystic in the Theater: Eleonora Duse by Eva Le Gallienne

• The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller

• Truth by Susan Batson

• Directing Actors by Judith Weston

• Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen

• A Challenge for the Actor by Uta Hagen

• The Art of Acting by Stella Adler

• Finding Me by Viola Davis

• The Empty Space by Peter Brook

• The Intent to Live by Larry Moss

• The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

Click here for a complete reading list.

SCRIPTS TO GET YOU STARTED:

• Concord Theatricals to find scripts and all things theatrical.

• @24hourplays on Instagram

• https://www.imsdb.com (Thousands of film scripts online for free.)

• Attention Will be Paid by Susan Batson