Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus

This is a good, and somewhat unusual, resource for writers. I purchased this as a gift for my wife who is a poet. She says it is a great resource and uses it to help think of words for her poems; sometimes an unexpected word can trigger a new line of thought that proves productive.

This book is so dope. I am now able to read script as well as visualize what the actors are doing exactly according to the examples that the book has provided. This book allows you to take simple script that has no direction and apply any sort of action to a script therefore you no longer have to sit and wonder how are you going to play this out. This book gives you the ability and the words to play any scene... And most importantly every line in the scene with a different action. You can have the same scene as 20 different people & no longer have to play the same scene as everyone else because every sentence in your scene can be a different action which also gives you a head up on a competition because simply... no one else is doing this!

This book helped me take my acting to the next level by doing beat work and finding the best tactics for my beats. There are so many action verbs in here, it’s an amazing tool for the actors toolbox. This is my second copy as my first one fell apart from taking it everywhere with me. Definitely worth it.

I purchased this book about 10 years ago when I was in collage for Theater and Performing arts, strudying practical aesthetics. I did not finish the program, but kept the book and stay active in community theater -- And it has really helped me and some cast mates work through some tough characters and stories. I reccomend it to anyone interested in hoaning the craft: It's very useful!

Truly one of the most helpful books for screenwriters,directors and actors alike. It's well worth buying since it's a book you will have to reference over and over again. I also have found that the book is also just oddly helpful in changing the words I use in everyday life to better communicate. Good size book would fit in most medium to large purses easily fits in a backpack.Light weight. Decent font size.

This book was suggested by my current Acting coach on the first day of class. After one week I hadn't gotten it because I know tons of action verbs and I had written my own little booklet about them years ago in college so I had the info & thought I was fine. Then I realized my current coach is a genius and that this book is invaluable to all actors. I ordered it & I use it all the time. Actions plus a dictionary are two books all actors should carry with them every day. You might think that you want to manipulate someone in your scene, but you can't keep using manipulate on every line! If it didn't work the first time you need to try something else like coerce, taunt, trick, tease, jab, lure..... the list goes on. And it's really well organized so you can search by categories or alphabetically. And each word (like Manipulate) has a list of other verbs that might suit your action better. I'm so thrilled this book exists! I've only had it about a month or so & have merely cracked the surface so I know I'll be using it a very long time! Well worth the price no matter what you pay for it!

This is a must have for any actor, I use this thing all is the time. Absolutely amazing book

This resource is a must for anyone analyzing a script. if you can't find the purpose for your actions in the book, try again. The book acts as a reference guide to find the purpose behind saying each line. If the purpose for acting is to respond or react to what you are given you have to have an action. This book gives you the action and varying degrees of the action. Yes, you could use a regular thesaurus but you would get words that are not just actions. The idea of soliciting an action from your partner gives the scene and your reason for doing things in the scene POWER. When given a script, this book comes out with the pencil and highlighter. You might find your actions change but you have an action for each line. I've found if you don't have an action, either you don't understand the line or you aren't doing your best work.

this is really a Thesaurus - variations on emotional words for analysis. There is no text describing anything futher here. Incidentally, there is no "wry" listed.

So well laid out. If I can't think of a word to start with, I can go to a category. I'm terrible at naming verbs, so it really is my acting bible. Seller shipped it fast and it arrived ahead of predicted delivery time for a script I was working on

For the actor who likes to work with actions, this is a book to tuck into your bag you take to class or to rehearsal or to the set and never leave it at home. It provides the perfect companion to help you plot actions accurately and with colour and punch. A great way to expand your repertoire and to make more interesting choices.

Es un buen libro, la primera parte ofrece una guía sencilla de cómo usar los verbos en la acción, pero en realidad su mayor contenido es un listado de verbos por orden alfabético que te los ponen como opción para que tengas de dónde escoger, vale la pena leerlo y tenerlo a la mano si vas a preparar personajes.

great resource to add to your tool kit for any professional actor.