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The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor | 
| Author: Larry Moss
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 111832
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0553381202
Dewey Decimal Number: 792
EAN: 9780553381207
ASIN: 0553381202
Publication Date: December 27, 2005
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Product Description
“I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.”
–Larry Moss, from the Introduction
When Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a two-year waiting list for his advanced acting classes. But now everyone–professionals and amateurs alike–can discover Moss’s passionate, in-depth teaching.
Inviting you to join him in the classroom and onstage, Moss shares the techniques he has developed over thirty years to help actors set their emotions, imagination, and behavior on fire, showing how the hard work of preparation pays off in performances that are spontaneous, fresh, and authentic.
From the foundations of script analysis to the nuances of physicalization and sensory work, here are the case studies, exercises, and insights that enable you to connect personally with a script, develop your character from the inside out, overcome fear and inhibition, and master the technical skills required for success in the theater, television, and movies.
Far more than a handbook, The Intent to Live is the personal credo of a master teacher. Moss’s respect for actors and love of the actor’s craft enliven every page, together with examples from a wealth of plays and films, both current and classic, and vivid appreciations of great performances. Whether you act for a living or simply want a deeper understanding of acting greatness, The Intent to Live will move, instruct, and inspire you.
From the Hardcover edition.
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actor's gold mine March 24, 2008
This is a basically a conservatory training condensed into a book, without pretension, and with some well earned wisdom from working in the business. I use it time and time and time again from stage to film to TV. But anyone who wants to know what it means to be an actor, or work in the entertainment industry, should check this out. Well worth the price and investment.
What EVERY actor needs to know!!! July 10, 2007
Larry Moss is an amazing acting teacher!!! This book gives anyone who is even considering acting a chance to explore and learn all the ins and outs that this craft holds. He's brutally honest, which is something that more people should be. I highly recommend this book to anyone who acts, wants to act or just really loves actors.
 Good point of view March 8, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Interesting book but mostly based on the author's points of view on acting and not well adapted as a source of information for new actors
The epiphany I have been waiting for! May 21, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is excellent! Larry Moss makes clear the terms that are commonly used in acting class (Objectives, intentions, relationships). I have heard these terms used many times in acting class, but didn't realize how important they are until I read this book. Larry Moss describes them in simple and pratical terms and uses examples from classic and current films.
I broke down in tears after practicing the exercises taught in the "Emotional Trigger" chapter. I cannot wait to get new scripts in acting class so that I can utilize the skills that I learned in this book. I highly recommend this to any actor who wants to improve in their craft. This book was the Epiphany that I was waiting for!
Larry Moss is this Generation's Premier Acting Teacher August 12, 2005
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bravo!!! I love this book. As a professional Actress for over twenty five years I have read many books on the craft of acting and I must say next to Uta Hagen's respect for acting this is book runs a close second. Larry Moss knows his "stuff". He gives great insight to the reader and presents helpful exercises for the reader to use. This book is inspiring and exciting. If you aren't an actor you want to be by the time you finish reading this book. Larry Moss is truly one of our great Master Acting teachers of this Generation.
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