Reddit reviews True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor

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Agree. Like the fear of heights, it doesn't go away. One just learns to trust their skills as one gains experience. Here is a great book for actors that applies to any kind of performer or presenter: [True and False by David Mamet] (http://www.amazon.com/True-False-Heresy-Common-Sense/dp/0679772642)

These books have helped me a lot over the years.

Keith Johnstone - Impro

Sanford Meisner - On Acting

Laurence Olivier - On Acting

David Mamet - True and False

This is a little unconventional, but bear with me: True and False, by David Mamet. Mamet is a playwright turned screen writer and True and False is essentially his treatise on the relationship between the actor and the script. He is writing primarily as a playwright to a stage actor audience, but if you take it with a grain of salt, and read a few of Mamet's plays as well, you'll get a sense for how important it is to write natural dialogue.