Foreword	xvii
Audition Story HEATHER LOCKLEAR	xix
Acknowledgments	xxi
Prologue	xxiii
PART 1 GETTING OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
CHAPTER 1 / YOU ARE YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY
Audition Story GABRIEL BYRNE	4
CHAPTER 2 / HOW YOU PRESENT YOURSELF
Audition Story HALLE BERRY	14
Audition Story BROOKE LANGTON	19
CHAPTER 3 / THE INTERVIEW
Audition Story KELLY PRESTON	30
Audition Story STEVE DOWNING
CHAPTER 4 / GUIDE TO A HEALTHY INSTRUMENT
Audition Story PIERCE BROSNAN	44
Audition Story COREY ALLEN	46
PART 2 BREAKING DOWN THE SCENE
CHAPTER 1 / RELATIONSHIP
Audition Story STEPHEN COLLINS	56
CHAPTER 2 / INTENTION
Audition Story EILEEN DAVIDSON	82
CHAPTER 3 / HISTORY
Audition Story BIBI BESCH	108
CHAPTER 4 / PERSONALIZATION
Audition Story TOM ARNOLD	120
CHAPTER 5 / V.I.P.S.
Audition Story STEVE GUTTENBERG	130
CHAPTER 6 / OPENING BEAT
Audition Story JOSIE BISSETT	146
CHAPTER 7 / UNITS AND TRANSITIONS
Audition Story VONDIE CURTIS-HALL	160
CHAPTER 8 / CORE AND MASKING
Audition Story MICHAEL EASTON	180
CHAPTER 9 / SENSE OF HUMOR
Audition Story TONY ROBERTS	202
CHAPTER 10 / MOMENT TO MOMENT
Audition Story ROBERT NEWMAN	214
Audition Story LAR PARK LINCOLN	218
Audition Story MARGA GOMEZ	218
Audition Story CHERYL RICHARDSON	219
Audition Story DON McMILLAN	219
Audition Story TIM QUILL	221
Audition Story KEITH ALEXANDER	221
Audition Story JAMES HARRISON LURIE	222
CHAPTER 11 / SAMPLE SCENE BREAKDOWN
Audition Story TRAYLOR HOWARD	228
PART 3 THE HABER PHRASE TECHNIQUE¨
CHAPTER 1 / READING IN PHRASES
Audition Story CREE SUMMER	252
CHAPTER 2 / USING THE HABER PHRASE    TECHNIQUE¨ IN A SCENE
Audition Story LISA RINNA	264
Audition Story MICHAEL EASTON	266
PART 4 WORDS FROM THE PROS
CHAPTER 1 / MEET THE PROS SEMINAR
Audition Story GARRETT WANG	284
CHAPTER 2 / DO’S AND DON’TS
Audition Story EDAFE BLACKMAN	308
AFTERWORD
An Interview with ED ASNER	316
Epilogue	325
About the Authors	332

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