How to Get the Part . . . without Falling Apart!; Featuring the Haber Phrase Technique for Actors Book

	Foreword	xvii
	Audition Story	xix
	Acknowledgments	xxi
	Prologue	xxiii
Part 1	Getting Out of Your Own Way
Chapter 1	You Are Your Own Worst Enemy
	Audition Story	4
	Your Friend, The Casting Director	6
	The Success/Failure Syndrome	6
	It's a Numbers Game	9
	It's Out of Your Control	11
	Commitment, Commitment, Commitment	11
Chapter 2	How You Present Yourself
	Audition Story	14
	First Impressions	16
	Should You Enter as the Character or as Yourself?	17
	Audition Story	19
	Photographs (Head Shots)	19
	Resumes	20
	Resume Layout	22
	The Big Taboo--Don't Touch The Casting Director!	23
	It's Never How You Expect It To Be	23
	Use What You're Not Given	24
	Stop Apologizing for Yourself	25
	Coming From the Character's Point of View (POV)	25
	The Actor's Barometer	27
Chapter 3	The Interview
	Audition Story	30
	Audition Story	32
	The Interview	33
	Taking in the Room	34
	What They Really Want To Know	34
	Audition Story	40
Chapter 4	Guide to a Healthy Instrument
	Audition Story	44
	Audition Story	46
	A Healthy Instrument	47
	That Old Backpack	49
	The Five Ego States	49
	Turn Up the Volume!	50
Part 2	Breaking Down the Scene
Chapter 1	Relationship
	Audition Story	56
	Types of Relationships	59
	Scene Excerpt--Thelma & Louise	60
	Relationship Q&A	62
	Changing Relationships	64
	Scene Excerpt--Thelma & Louise	64
	Relationship Contract--Hannah and Her Sisters	66
	Scene Excerpt--Hannah and Her Sisters	66
	Applying the Relationship Contract	76
	Siblings: Where is Your Character in the Food Chain?	77
	Love Relationships	77
	Stages of a Love Relationship	77
Chapter 2	Intention
	Audition Story	82
	Second Read-Through	84
	Scene Excerpt--Thelma & Louise	84
	Action Verbs	86
	Opposing Adjectives	87
	Physical Behavior	88
	Obstacles	88
	Types of Obstacles	89
	Scene Excerpt--Julia	91
	Adjustments	95
	Scene Excerpt--The Silence of the Lambs	96
	Key Phrase	104
Chapter 3	History
	Audition Story	108
	Creating the Past	111
	Scene Excerpt--The Goodbye Girl	112
	Different Histories	114
	Scene Excerpt--In the Line of Fire	116
Chapter 4	Personalization
	Audition Story	120
	Personalizing Thoughts and Feelings	122
	Senses and Imagery	122
	Blood and Guts	123
	Stanislavski's Magical "As If"	124
	Substitution	125
	Scene Excerpt--Thelma & Louise	127
Chapter 5	V.I.P.S.
	Audition Story	130
	Scene Excerpt--Beaches	134
	Scene Excerpt--Beaches	139
Chapter 6	Opening Beat
	Audition Story	146
	The Five "W's"	149
	Where Am I?	149
	When Does the Opening Beat Take Place?	150
	Scene Excerpt--Kramer vs. Kramer	150
	Who Else Is in the Environment?	151
	What Am I Feeling?	152
	What Is My Physical Action?	153
	Scene Excerpt--Thelma & Louise	155
	"Help, I'm Next!"	157
Chapter 7	Units and Transitions
	Audition Story	160
	Scene Excerpt--Thelma & Louise	164
	Scene Excerpt--The Prisoner of Second Avenue	165
	Baby Beats	171
	Adjustments	172
	Scene Excerpt--The Goodbye Girl	173
	Closing Beats	176
Chapter 8	Core and Masking
	Audition Story	180
	Layers of Core and Masking	182
	Period Pieces	183
	Masking With Anger	184
	Masking With Indifference	185
	Masking With Humor	185
	The Vulnerable Moment	186
	Scene Excerpt--Thelma & Louise	187
	Scene Excerpt--Ordinary People	189
Chapter 9	Sense of Humor
	Audition Story	202
	Personality	204
	Breaking the Stereotypes	205
	Humor vs. Lightness	206
	Action/Adventure Films	206
	Buddy Films	207
	Scene Excerpt--Thelma & Louise	207
	Likability	209
	Daytime Dramas (Soaps)	209
Chapter 10	Moment to Moment
	Audition Story	214
	Tennis, Anyone?	216
	The Coverup	217
	Mistakes Are Your Friends	217
	Crazy Things That Throw You	218
	Audition Story	218
	Audition Story	218
	Audition Story	219
	Audition Story	219
	Audition Story	221
	Audition Story	221
	Audition Story	222
	The Callback Syndrome	223
	Making Adjustments	224
Chapter 11	Sample Scene Breakdown
	Audition Story	228
	Meeting Gene Hackman	230
	Scene Excerpt--I Never Sang for My Father	231
	First Read	234
	Second Read	236
	Third Read	242
	Scene Excerpt--I Never Sang for My Father	243
Part 3	The Haber Phrase Technique
Chapter 1	Reading in Phrases
	Audition Story	252
	The Trap of Memorizing	254
	Developing the Phrase Technique	256
	The Haber Phrase Technique	256
	Putting the Technique into Practice-- L.A. Law Closing Argument	257
	Scene Excerpt--L.A. Law	258
	Put your Thumb into Action	259
	"That Darn Paper"	259
	Commonly Asked Questions Regarding the Technique	261
Chapter 2	Using the Haber Phrase Technique in a Scene
	Audition Story	264
	Audition Story	266
	There's No Such Thing as a Monologue	266
	Working with a Partner	267
	Landings	267
	Resolutions	268
	Comedy Resolutions	268
	Scene Excerpt--Thieves	268
	When Do You Get Your Next Line?	269
	Scene Excerpt--I Never Sang for My Father	269
	When to Turn the Page	270
	Repetitive Phrases	270
	Eye-Staring Contest	271
	Throw It Away!	271
	Joining Sentences	272
	Putting It Together--I Never Sang for My Father	272
	Scene Excerpt--I Never Sang for My Father	273
	Don't Lose Your Life!	274
	Silence is Golden	275
	The State of Confusion	276
Part 4	Words from the Pros
Chapter 1	Meet the Pros Seminar
	Audition Story	284
Chapter 2	Do's and Don'ts
	Audition Story	308
	Pictures and Resumes	311
	Agents and Managers	311
	Getting in the Door	311
	Preparation	311
	The Audition	312
	Callbacks	313
	Screen Tests	313
	Feedback	313
	Afterword: An Interview with ED Asner	316
	Epilogue	325
	About the Authors	332