Culled from Tony Barr's 40 years' experience as a performer, director and acting teacher in Hollywood, this highly praised handbook provides readers with the practical knowledge they needwhen performing in front of the camera. This updated edition includes plenty of new exercises for honing on-camera skills; additional chapters on imagination and movement; and fresh material on character development, monologues, visual focus, playing comedy and working with directors. Inside tips on the studio system and acting guilds make it particularly helpful for people new to the business, and numerous anecdotes from actors such as Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins and examples from current movies illustrate its many lessons. It is perfect for acting classes, workshops, all actors who work in front of the camera -- and all those who want to.

托尼·巴爾（Tony Barr，1921—2002），演員、製片人、錶演教師，美國演員工會、導演工會成員。早年在百老匯從事錶演和舞颱監督工作，後在好萊塢齣演瞭大量影視劇。20世紀50年代進入哥倫比亞廣播公司擔任製片人，代錶作有電視劇《高潮！》（Climax！）、《90分鍾劇場》（Playhouse 90）等。之後，在美國廣播公司工作13年，任至節目執行副總裁，又重返哥倫比亞廣播公司，任節目執行副總裁至退休。1960年在洛杉磯創辦瞭電影演員工作坊，打破基於舞颱的傳統訓練模式，率先將攝影機引入瞭演員的培訓。

劉亞，美國威斯康辛州勞倫斯大學學士、哥倫比亞大學碩士。曾擔任果殼網和《自然》雜誌中英文稿件譯者，譯著有《錶演訓練手冊》（閤譯）。