Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time it’s the Hard-edged “True and False” by David Mamet.
If you are at all familiar with David Mamets style you already know how his tone is shocking, witty and direct. In this case he takes a rather irreverent tone to talk about acting schools, interpretation, sense memory and the Method (all of which he is rather opposed to).
He also shows us how to deal with auditions, rehersals, agents and directors, how to encourage audiences as an actor and stay faithful to the script. Which is an important lesson to learn in my opinion: ALWAYS stick to the script and leave the improvisation for when you have pemisssion from the director.
Last but not least he makes a mention to the business of actors and auditions and working as an actor in the real world.
But, Is it worth reading? YES YES YES. Its one of the best books that I have ever read on acting because regardless of if you agree or disagree with his conclusions, it makes you question the Status Quo of the classic conceptions and “The Method”. A definite must for all actors who have studied acting before and need to question their beliefs.
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