商品簡介
Want to know a secret? Sssshhhh. Great comedy actors aren’t born...they’re made. Who makes them? Paul Ryan, that’s who. Now Ryan, the top comedy acting coach in Hollywood, shares his secrets in The Art of Comedy, a step-by-step guide for turning actors into comedy actors. Packed with exercises, The Art of Comedy explains exactly how to build a character, how to incorporate improvisation into a written scene, where to turn for comic inspiration, and how to increase your comedic imagination. Also included is a technical analysis of comedy greats from Milton Berle to Jerry Seinfeld. For anyone who wants to work in film, in television, or in community theater, here’s the complete guide to acting funny.
作者簡介
Paul Ryan has been Hollywood’s top comedy acting coach for more than twenty years; his studio is at CBS Television. A correspondent at KTLA Morning News In Los Angeles, he has created, produced, and hosted more than 700 in-depth TV talk shows with such stars as Robin Williams, Jay Leno, Gene Hackman, and Sophia Loren. He recently finished a TV comedy, Hollywood Alive, featuring his CBS students. He lives in Los Angeles.
