t);ric and ! met as; students in the sense melilory class he (tescribes<br >in this book. No one was more zealous in pursuit of "the work "<br >than ~ the manic-depressive dane." Nothing daunted Morris， Not the<br >actress who really tkiintcd in " Dark of tile Moon": not the ~c.-t， or xvho<br >wore rubber bands and couldn t figure out from wtlich si<ie of his<br >mouth to spit his Ludens cough drops: not me as the nazi of yotzr<br >drean]s driving him quivering and vulnerable through the coilcentr:i-<br >tion camp of his not even being called the most pretentious ass It]is<br >side of Sasha Guitry at four a.m. by some ，illgrv yotil ig actor with<br >(]gill<_) on his lips. Eric was always helpful to oth ~ s<br > of.， and most im-<br >portant to himself.<br > "file reality is no one can tell you how to act. My own feelings<br >and observations tell me it requires deep personal coi]-~lnitnlcnt to<br >allow any individual to move from that vague desirous state of "l nl<br > "t " ) "<br >gOl]ll~.l I)e ~111 ，it.; ross (or actor to a point where the actor has some<br >vague scn..c that every ! art in which he is cast is not some illcredible<br >piece o1" luck like saying the secret word on " You Bet Your I.itc. "<br >but the result of some solidly :tCtluired skills wl~ictl， in tllere， where<br >the truth is， he can call his own.<br > No t~ook is going to contain all of {lie things which have licit)eel<br >other actors arrive fit :i free rise Of tlteir talent.<br > ，，Ks is poiilled ()tit in tliis book， ill:lily l ~ople) feel ~lx. . ，ic，lcten/ic "~<br >apt.re，]oh io acting is in conl lict witl~ t!le (，ypsy， or ilituitive vle-<br >mei]l of this craft. 1 suppose tile reason Eric asked ~ne to write<br >somettiing for tile front of this book is because we have been in<br >lll <tily classes， workstiops， groups， whatever， together where we ob-<br >served an experienced talent struggling for agonizing， tedious， and<br >hysterical periods of time to break through and become expressive.<br >If you re interested in this sort of thing， it can be an inspiring proc-<br >ess. It s not for everyone. It s not " ci]tertaining， " thc)tigb， it can be.<br >l here are no gt.iarantces， or diplc)nl<is， but it CLtl] ! ~C deeply_ satisfying<br >to acquire and be a part of" another s acquisition of tile tool which<br >allow them t~) enjoy aiict express their talent.<br > file concept of "Being" as oppo~vsds" to "Acting" is Eric s foc.t，s- ~ <br >here. Alol lg the way he ctescril-~es exercises related to ~icloi"s ad-<br >versary nui-nber one. Tension: relating， stimuli， levels of consciotis-<br > "JI ~ ~ -<br >ness， beh<ivioi， vulnerability， unpredictability ~ ""<br > ， specificity， alld ll]:iily<br >others. What is described has worked in some way tor one actor or<br >another. The Method is， "If it works， use it."<br >