Actors at work / [interviews by] Rosemarie Tichler and Barry Jay Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tichler, Rosemarie, 1939-

Kaplan, Barry Jay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acting.

Actors--Interviews.

Actors.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xiv, 369 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Faber and Faber, 2007.

Summary:

It's extremely difficult, for many reasons, to be an actor. Acting is mostly unrewarding financially, an acting career is often short-lived, and the field is incredibly competitive. What fuels the desire to act? What is it that drives actors to withstand the frustration of not getting parts, of getting bad parts, and of being mistreated by directors, misunderstood by audiences, and misinterpreted by critics? With a nod to The Paris Review's Writers at Work model, Actors at Work looks at the ways in which some of our most respected stage and film actors approach their calling. Rosemarie Tichler and Barry Jay Kaplan explore these performers' influences, their idols and insecurities, their paths to work and success, the uses of training, and the art of acting itself.

Contents:

Marian Seldes 3

Billy Crudup 30

Estelle Parsons 48

Kevin Kline 78

Mandy Patinkin 104

Frances Conroy 127

Patti Lupone 156

John Lithgow 184

S. Epatha Merkerson 209

Dianne Wiest 232

Ruben Santiago-Hudson 259

Meryl Streep 288

Kevin Spacey 308

Philip Seymour Hoffman 334

About the Interviewees 357.

ISBN:

9780865479555

0865479550

OCLC:

81953659