Improvised Life - A Memoir

Informationen zum Autor Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin  starred and appeared in more than eighty films and was also a director, musician, and children's book author.  From the Oscar-winning co-star of "Little Miss Sunshine," a reflection on what theater--specifically the improvisational sort--has taught him about both craft and life. Zusammenfassung In a manner that is direct, down-to-earth, accessible, and articulate, Academy Award-winner ( Little Miss Sunshine, Argo, The Kominsky Method ) Alan Arkin reveals insights not only about himself (and his audience and students), but also truths for the rest of us about work, relationships, and sense of self. Alan Arkin knew he was going to be an actor from the age of five: "Every film I saw, every play, every piece of music fed an unquenchable need to turn myself into something other than what I was." An Improvised Life is the Oscar winner's wise and unpretentious recollection of the process--artistic and personal--of becoming an actor, and a revealing look into the creative mind of one of the best practitioners on stage or screen.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Arkin, Arkin Alan
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.03.2011
• EAN: 9780306819667
• ISBN: 978-0-306-81966-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Individual actors & performers, Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production