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A Column of Positive Observations for the Actor in Each of Us
It is my great hope that ACTING UP will assist you, the reader, in becoming a successful actor - be it for
international, national or local film and television, Broadway, community theatre, or your own backyard production.
Even if you're not interested in applying what skills you may learn here to a professional career in TV, film or for
the stage, you will certainly learn to apply this theatrical knowledge to any form of employment that may hold your
interest. I guarantee it - because, theatrical expertise can find a workable, profitable place in any field of
endeavor.
But clearly, ACTING UP will be geared to helping the actor, novice or professional, attain and retain all the skills
and confidence that is required to win those auditions, avoid common pitfalls, and pristinely perform in front of a
camera or live audience. Bar none. This column will help the actor make winning choices, from an initial audition
for a particular role, to a final performance on a long-standing TV series.
ACTING UP will assist the actor with fully participating in and understanding the artistic craft of acting, and all
that it entails, with specific regard to: vocal poise, physical grace and movement, timing, personal interpretation,
character and script study, story knowledge, and most importantly, performance likeability.
If even in some small measure, ACTING UP helps you to go on to ace that audition, win that role, and/or knock 'em dead
with your performance - knowing full well, all the while, that the core of any good performance rests with an
actor's solid preparation and total comprehension of the given character's existence - than this column has
served its purpose.
That said, go out there and break a leg!
Herbie J Pilato is an Actor, Writer, Producer, and Singer. The author of several books on pop-culture
(including Bewitched Forever and The Kung Fu Book of Caine), Herbie J has appeared on or helped to produce
hundreds of radio and TV shows, including E! True Hollywood Stories on Bewitched and David Carradine,
A&E Biographies of Elizabeth Montgomery and Lee Majors, The Learning Channel's Behind the Fame specials
on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, LA Law and Hill Street Blues, the
Sci-Fi Channel's short-lived but critically-acclaimed Sciography series, as well as several segments of
Entertainment Tonight and the special DVD release of Kung Fu: The Complete First Season. As an actor,
Herbie J has appeared on everything from Highway to Heaven to The Golden Girls to The Bold and the Beautiful.
And he's directed mainstage productions of A Phoenix Too Frequent, Leonard Malfi's Birdbath, and
Little Shop of Horrors. Herbie J will soon be seen as a Cultural Commentator for Bravo's upcoming
five-part mini-series, The 100 Greatest TV Characters of All-Time (on which he also served as Producer).
Herbie J is presently working as a Consultant on Nora Ephron's Bewitched feature film
(starring the Oscar-winning Nicole Kidman, and Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, and Michael Caine),
while a special ANNIVERSARY EDITION of his book, BEWITCHED FOREVER, is
available now. To place your order for this book, or any other of Herbie J's books, please email
hjpilato@aol.com or visit
Herbie J's Blog.
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