Product Description

This book is necessary because cold reading is the process by which most professional acting jobs are filled, and it is in every actor's best interest to know as much as they can about it. To succeed in the business of acting, most actors will need to master a cold reading technique so that it becomes reliable and natural. Some actors will develop an effective technique of their own. Many will not. For the actor who is not comfortable with the cold reading process, there are only two options: get lucky, or get help.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #262755 in Books
• Published on: 1999-02-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 54 pages

About the Author
Basil Hoffman

Customer Reviews

Nothing to do with mind reading!
I bought this book hoping to learn about the technique of "Cold Reading". Upon receiving it however I learnt it was not a book about mind reading - but about auditioning for acting jobs. So if you want to learn about stage mind reading then you need the book of the same title by Ian Rowland. Hopefully Amazon will stock it soon!

redress
I feel someone should make the point here that reading scripts in audition that you have not prepared or seen before IS known as 'cold reading', and the book may or may not be a good set of advice on that topic. It is quite clear about its subject matter on the cover.

It's wrong for it to be saddled with one and two star reviews on the basis that people misunderstood its title. If you buy things on line without doing more than glance at a tiny thumbnail of the cover, then giving the book a damaging one or two stars is grossly unfair. Anyone looking at this page should disregard those ratings.

(I have absolutely no connection with the book.)

Cold Reading and How to be good at it.
I wish I had read the review for this before ordering - just to say this is NOTHING to do with what magicians / mentalists know as cold reading.