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The Quotable Actor

1001 Pearls of Wisdom from Actors Talking About Acting

By: Damon DiMarco

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The Quotable Actor

1001 Pearls of Wisdom from Actors Talking About Acting

By: Damon DiMarco

Collecting advice, quotes, essays, and observations from hundreds of famous actors and highly regarded acting teachers, The Quotable Actor covers a wide range of topics on the art and history of acting. Entertaining, instructive, and informative, it is organized into specific, easy-to-search categories, such as "On Why We Act"; "On Auditioning"; "On Struggling and Building a Career"; and "On Gender Differences and Aging in the Biz." From art and technique to business and lifestyle, entries include fascinating anecdotes and advice from some of the greatest actors in history: Marlon Brando commenting on the rehearsal process Meryl Streep’s advice on building a character Al Pacino recalling what it was like to be a starving young artist Beauty tips from some of Hollywood’s leading ladies Recollections of horrible auditions from A-list stars Musings from Jack Nicholson, Edwin Booth, and many others Additional contributors include Constantin Stanislavski, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ellen Burstyn, Julie Andrews, Paul Newman, and Peter O’Toole—providing insights into the actor’s craft that are equally useful to young actors just starting out and accomplished professionals looking for inspiration in the words of peers.

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Santa Monica Press

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1595809481

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Tower Stories

An Oral History of 9/11

By: Damon DiMarco

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Tower Stories

An Oral History of 9/11

By: Damon DiMarco

Damon DiMarco's Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 eternally preserves a monumental tragedy in American history through the voices of the people who were in Lower Manhattan and elsewhere in New York City on that fateful day. The stories DiMarco has collected come from a diverse group of human beings: individuals who managed to escape from the Towers; the bereaved of 9/11; the policemen, firemen, paramedics, reporters, and volunteers who risked their lives to help others; eyewitnesses who stood in shock on the streets below the Towers; WTC structural engineers, political experts, political dissidents, small business owners, and, of course, children whose lives will be forever impacted by the horror and chaos they witnessed. In the tradition of Studs Terkel, DiMarco's moving oral history chronicles the stories of everyone from the small group of people who miraculously made it safely down from the 89th floor of Tower 1 to the New York Times reporter trying desperately to fight her way through the fleeing crowds into Lower Manhattan, to the paramedic who set up a triage area 200 yards from the base of the Towers before they collapsed to the ordinary citizens of New York City who tried to get on with their lives in the days following the tragic event. This expanded second edition of DiMarco's literary time capsule includes follow-up interviews that track contributors' lives in the years since 9/11, as well as dozens of never-before-published photographs.

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Santa Monica Press

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1595809759

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Tower Stories

An Oral History of 9/11

By: Damon DiMarco

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An Oral History of 9/11

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The Actor's Art and Craft

William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique

By: William Esper,Damon Dimarco

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The Actor's Art and Craft

William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique

By: William Esper,Damon Dimarco

William Esper, one of the leading acting teachers of our time, explains and extends Sanford Meisner's legendary technique, offering a clear, concrete, step-by-step approach to becoming a truly creative actor.Esper worked closely with Meisner for seventeen years and has spent decades developing his famous program for actor's training. The result is a rigorous system of exercises that builds a solid foundation of acting skills from the ground up, and that is flexible enough to be applied to any challenge an actor faces, from soap operas to Shakespeare. Co-writer Damon DiMarco, a former student of Esper's, spent over a year observing his mentor teaching first-year acting students. In this book he recreates that experience for us, allowing us to see how the progression of exercises works in practice. The Actor's Art and Craft vividly demonstrates that good training does not constrain actors' instincts—it frees them to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives.

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Fat Kid Got Fit

And So Can You!

By: Bll Baron I,Damon Dimarco

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Fat Kid Got Fit

And So Can You!

By: Bll Baron I,Damon Dimarco

When Bill Baroni was just twenty years old, he was convinced he was dying. He thought he was having a heart attack because it felt like he had an elephant sitting on his chest. It turned out to be only indigestion, but more than that, it was the wake up call he needed to save his life. Bill weighed 320 pounds and was hooked on junk food. He set about to change his life forever, and now, in Fat Kid Gets Fit, he tells you everything you need to know to lose weight and more importantly, keep it off for the rest of your life. No, he’s not a doctor. Not a trainer. Not a salesman hawking gym equipment, vitamin supplements, or workout videos. He did not have gastric bypass surgery and he didn’t subscribe to the slimming grapefruit enema regimes used by Hollywood stars. He lost his weight using common sense. It took dedication, and even some gumption. But it worked! He lost 120 pounds and, more importantly, he has kept it off! He has maintained a healthy 185 pounds for fifteen years. At 6’5”, he is trim, handsome, and healthy. Bill is a man on a mission—to help get everyone fit, no matter what their story is.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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076277620X

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9780762776207

The Quotable Actor

1001 Pearls of Wisdom from Actors Talking About Acting

By: Damon DiMarco

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1001 Pearls of Wisdom from Actors Talking About Acting

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Santa Monica Press

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1595808752

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The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character

William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique

By: William Esper,Damon Dimarco

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The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character

William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique

By: William Esper,Damon Dimarco

William Esper, one of the most celebrated acting teachers of our time, takes us through his step-by-step approach to the central challenge of advanced acting work: creating and playing a character. Esper’s first book, The Actor’s Art and Craft, earned praise for describing the basics taught in his famous first-year acting class. The Actor’s Guide to Creating a Character continues the journey. In these pages, co-author Damon DiMarco vividly re-creates Esper’s second-year course, again through the experiences of a fictional class. Esper’s training builds on Sanford Meisner’s legendary exercises, a world-renowned technique that Esper further developed through his long association with Meisner and the decades he has spent training a host of distinguished actors. His approach is flexible enough to apply to any role, helping actors to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives.

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The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character

William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique

By: William Esper,Damon Dimarco

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Postliterary America

From Bagel Shop Jazz to Micropoetries

By: Maria Damon

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Postliterary America

From Bagel Shop Jazz to Micropoetries

By: Maria Damon

p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } In this capacious and challenging book, Maria Damon surveys the poetry and culture of the United States in two distinct but inextricably linked periods. In part 1, "Identity K/not/e/s," she considers the America of the 1950s and early 1960s, when contentious and troubled alliances took shape between different marginalized communities and their respective but overlapping bohemias--Jews, African Americans, the Beats, and gays and lesbians. Damon then turns to more contemporary issues and broader topics of poetics in part 2's "Poetics for a Postliterary America" which goes on to paint a wider picture, dwelling less on close readings of individual poems and more on asking questions about the nature of poetry itself and its role in community formation and individual survival. Discussions of counterperformance, kinetics, the Nuyoricans, Latino identity, and electronic poetics enliven this section.

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University of Iowa Press

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1587299577

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The Brown Agenda

My Mission to Clean Up the World's Most Life-Threatening Pollution

By: Richard Fuller,Damon DiMarco

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The Brown Agenda

My Mission to Clean Up the World's Most Life-Threatening Pollution

By: Richard Fuller,Damon DiMarco

Pollution is the single largest cause of death in the developing world. One in seven people in low- and middle-income countries die as a result of it. Simply put, pollution is now the world’s most prevalent health risk. And yet, while most everyone has heard about “going green,” few are aware of the more dire and sinister “brown” pollution—places where man-made toxic pollutants have taken root and spread. Brown sites poison millions of people every year, causing needless suffering and death. After witnessing several brown sites firsthand and meeting families trapped by poverty in these toxic hot spots, environmentalist Richard Fuller founded the Blacksmith Institute, now renamed Pure Earth, a global nonprofit that initiates large-scale cleanups of some of the most polluted places on earth. The Brown Agenda details Fuller’s inspirational journey—from his dangerous yet ultimately successful fight to save hundreds of thousands of acres in the Amazon rain forest to his creation of Pure Earth. In this vivid account of his perilous travels to the earth’s most toxic locations, Fuller introduces readers to the plight of the “poisoned poor,” and suggests specific ways people everywhere can help combat pollution all over the world.

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Santa Monica Press

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1595808205

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The Actor's Art and Craft

William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique

By: William Esper,Damon Dimarco

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William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique

By: William Esper,Damon Dimarco

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Heart of War

Soldiers' Voices from the Front Lines in Iraq

By: Damon DiMarco

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Heart of War

Soldiers' Voices from the Front Lines in Iraq

By: Damon DiMarco

Contains the personal testimonies and first-hand accounts of the war in Iraq from eighteen soldiers on the front lines.

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Citadel Press

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0806528141

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9780806528144

Fat Kid Got Fit

And So Can You!

By: Bll Baron I,Damon Dimarco

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Fat Kid Got Fit

And So Can You!

By: Bll Baron I,Damon Dimarco

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Rowman & Littlefield

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Book's by Damon DiMarco

The Quotable Actor

The Quotable Actor

Tower Stories

Tower Stories

Tower Stories

Tower Stories

The Actor's Art and Craft

The Actor's Art and Craft

Fat Kid Got Fit

Fat Kid Got Fit

The Quotable Actor

The Quotable Actor

The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character

The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character

The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character

The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character

Postliterary America

Postliterary America

The Brown Agenda

The Brown Agenda

The Actor's Art and Craft

The Actor's Art and Craft

Heart of War

Heart of War

Fat Kid Got Fit

Fat Kid Got Fit

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