How to Not Suck at Acting E-Book

Tom Miller

• Herausgeber: Tom Miller
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

How to Not Suck at Acting by Tom Miller is a fierce, poetic guide that dismantles the illusions of acting, challenging students to embrace storytelling as a raw, transformative craft. Through ten brutal truths, Miller exposes common pitfalls—ego, distraction, overcomplication—and offers practical lessons and exercises to forge authentic, fearless performances. Rooted in a lifetime of stage and screen experience, this book demands actors live their truth, on and off stage, to illuminate the human spirit.

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Tom Miller - American Performance Artist

How to Not Suck at Acting

The Actor's Reckening

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Table of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: You’re Not as Good as You Think

Chapter 2: Your Acting is Mechanical

Chapter 3: You Don’t Know What Acting Is

Chapter 4: You’re a Lousy Audience Member

Chapter 5: Acting Happens On and Off Stage

Chapter 6: You’ve Made It Complicated

Chapter 7: You’re a Prima Donna

Chapter 8: You’re Late

Chapter 9: Memorizing Lines Isn’t Acting

Chapter 10: Your Preparation Sucks

Chapter 11: Good Advice

Chapter 12: Final Thoughts

Epilogue: The Story Never Ends

About Tom Miller

Introduction

A Complete Picture

The Actor’s Reckoning

By Tom Miller

Foreword

Read this book and discover a few things. One, you’re not as good an actor as you think. Two, your acting is mechanical and not consistent. Three, you don’t know what acting is, but you think you do. Four, you’re a lousy audience member. Five, you don’t know that acting happens on and off the stage. Six, you’ve made it so complicated that you don’t know it’s effortless. Seven, you’re a prima donna, but you think you’re gracious and humble. Eight, you’re late. Nine, you think memorizing your lines is a part of acting. Ten, your preparation sucks.

At least most of these are true of every actor because acting is not a place one arrives at, it is rather a never-ending process of balance and risk, trust and betrayal. Acting is for people who enjoy being hurt and hurting others, in beautiful ways—ways which illuminate the human spirit and maintain the integrity and development of the species.

If acting isn’t something you would die for, forget this book and go do a play somewhere. Enjoy the applause, get your check, fuck off and die.

This is not the book for you.