The Practical Handbook for the Actor

I find this book to be very helpful. I realize that some of the stuff I'm already doing to prepare for my role in something is what was said in the book. I always have a physical posture and an attitude for a charcater and a specific voice. Right now, I have a apperance and an attitude for my role as Biggley in How to Succeed. I'm still trying to figure out a voice that suits my appearance. I realized that my action can always go back to telling someone off. Biggley is the president of a company and if the slightest thing upsets him, he will tell you to your face. The only person he probably would not tell off is Ms. Jones, his secretary. I sometimes do analyeses of scenes but I usually don't write them down. I always have an idea of where I'm coming from and what I'm going to do but I know that when I go through a scene, it will not always be the same as it went the time we ran it earlier so I must be prepared for anything to happen. I can't have a preset idea of how I will say a line because if I decide to scream and the person I'm playing off did nothing to anger me, there is no reason to yell. Ultimately, this book was very useful and I hope I can learn more in detail about the stuff in the book from the upcoming workshop and how to execute what I learned.