PRAISE FOR RESPECT FOR ACTING
"Uta Hagen changed my life. She changed the lives of thousands and thousands of other people as well. To have Uta’s books, and to be able to look through them at the drop of a hat, keeps me going and keeps me inspired to keep going.”
―AUSTIN PENDLETON, American actor
"I read Respect for Acting frequently. As a remembrance of my time with Uta and to keep myself challenged and humble. It should be utilized by every acting student and professional.”
―VICTOR SLEZAK, American stage actor
“I was extraordinarily privileged to work with Uta Hagen in The Circle in the Square’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s play, You Never Can Tell. Her book, Respect for Acting, is a must read for any actor at any age. She was committed to revealing the truth and we are the beneficiaries of her brilliant observations.”
―VICTOR GARBER, Canadian actor
“Uta Hagen and Respect for Acting have profoundly influenced nearly every actor alive today and yet to come in film, television and stage with this unmatchable, impeccably specific process developed from her life’s work as the definitive ‘actor’s actor’, and is timeless and invaluable for all beginning and working actors truly interested in the highest level of acting.”
―TED BRUNETTI, Award-winning producer, director, acting and directing coach, and actor
"Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting is simply the bible for any acting student serious about their craft. Even as a professional, I refer to it time and again for the basics. It is a touchstone."
―LAILA ROBINS, American film actress
“I held onto this book for dear life throughout my twenties, and still thumb through it when I need a tune up. If I lose my car keys and I'm frantically turning my house upside down trying to find them I look up at the heavens and hope she's having a good laugh.”
―AMANDA PEET, American actress
Few acting books can claim to be as widely read and sought after as Uta Hagen’s Respect For Acting. Since the publication of the original edition in 1973, hundreds of thousands of practicing and aspiring actors have benefited from its timeless and practical wisdom.
The Expanded Edition of Respect For Acting includes a new Foreword by renowned actor and former student of Uta Hagen, Katie Finneran, and additional background on HB Studio in New York City―one of the original New York performing arts academies, and the artistic home where Hagen developed her training methods.
In the book, actors will discover the physical, verbal, and emotional techniques that enable them to connect their own self-concept to the characters they play. Hagen’s approach helps actors learn to solve many of the most common problems they face, like maintaining energy levels during long performances. From discussions of emotional and sense memory to explicit instructions on how to think, walk, talk, and improvise, the author has laid out a comprehensive guide to the art of fine acting.
A timeless and essential presentation of acting as an art, Respect For Acting has earned a prominent place in the libraries of some of the world’s finest players and in the classrooms and studios wherever actors are trained.
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The latest edition of a celebrated and bestselling acting resource
“I held onto this book for dear life throughout my twenties, and still thumb through it when I need a tune-up. If I lose my car keys and I’m frantically turning my house upside down trying to find them, I look up at the heavens and hope Uta’s having a good laugh.”
―AMANDA PEET
“Uta Hagen changed my life. She changed the lives of thousands and thousands of other people as well. To have Uta’s books, and to be able to look through them at the drop of a hat, keeps me going and keeps me inspired to keep going.”
―AUSTIN PENDLETON
“I read Respect for Acting frequently. As a remembrance of my time with Uta and to keep myself challenged and humble. It should be utilized by every acting student and professional.”
―VICTOR SLEZAK
“I was extraordinarily privileged to work with Uta Hagen in Circle in the Square’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s play You Never Can Tell. Her book, Respect for Acting, is a must-read for any actor at any age. She was committed to revealing the truth and we are the beneficiaries of her brilliant observations.”
―VICTOR GARBER
About the Author
UTA HAGEN, Tony Award-winning actor and renowned acting teacher, co-founded HB Studio in New York City with her husband, Herbert Berghof, where she trained actors including Al Pacino, Jason Robards, Jack Lemmon, Whoopi Goldberg, and Christine Lahti. On stage she starred in groundbreaking productions with José Ferrer, Paul Robeson, Anthony Quinn, and Marlon Brando. HB Studio is her legacy where new generations of actors come from around the world to study.
HASKEL FRANKEL worked as a journalist and critic for publications including The New York Times, The Saturday Evening Post, Saturday Review, The National Observer, Show and Playbill. He wrote and collaborated on many books including Milton Berle: An Autobiography, The Admiral’s Daughter with Victoria Fyodorova and All My Patients Are Under the Bed with Louis J. Camuti.
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