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# The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor

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Review: Possibly the Best Single Book on Acting Technique - A Must-Have for Any Actor - There is no one book out there that will make you a great actor, or there would be a lot more great actors. However, if you want to take your acting skills to the next level, "The Intent to Live" is an indispensable addition to your library. Larry Moss covers everything from script and character analysis; development of motives, intentions, actions, and back stories; being in the present; to practical vocal and physical exercises to unlock new physical, vocal and emotional flexibility. Best of all, the author is not partisan about acting theory. He incorporates a lot of ideas from past noted acting teachers (Meisner, Adler, Strasberg) and others), but allows the actor to use the techniques that work for them in a given situation. Overall this is an outstanding book which teaches a variety of theories and practical techniques without being dogmatic.
Review: The only acting book you actually need, despite the horrible terrible cover - I've been taking acting classes for years, and have also read basically all the acting books. Most of the books are pretty useless, because most of what you need to learn comes from *doing* in classes which you can't get from reading, and the books treat aspects of acting either too superficially (e.g. a single page on substitutions) or else are too opinionated and polemical (you *must* do it this way and not that way). This is the book to read *after* you've taken classes for a year or two. Larry covers *everything*, describes everything with tremendous detail and justification, and tends not to take sides but explain how different techniques work for different people. Basically, he goes a level deeper that most acting coaches do, so you get a lot of the "why" you might be missing from class, or just fills in gaps of knowledge you have. So, it's just a masterpiece. BUT... the book bothers me because the cover is SO, SO, SO bad, SO cheesy. I had refused to buy it for years because with a cover so tasteless -- looks like it's from 1985, with the blood-red handwriting, the super-dramatic author headshot, that I couldn't believe any good coach would ever approve a cover so "slick" and faux-"serious" and completely devoid of life or joy. Even the title "Intent to Live" sounds fake-dramatic. It was only after an acting coach of mine told me it was the best book out there, that I took the plunge and read it. So buy the book and ignore the cover. Hopefully someday a new edition comes out with a cover that seems to actually reflect the book's content, instead of communicating the exact *opposite* of what's inside.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 0553381202 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #53,950 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4 in Performing Arts Reference #19 in Business Encyclopedias #22 in Acting & Auditioning (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (756) |
| Dimensions  | 6.2 x 0.7 x 9.2 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 9780553381207 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0553381207 |
| Item Weight  | 12.8 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 368 pages |
| Publication date  | December 27, 2005 |
| Publisher  | Bantam |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Possibly the Best Single Book on Acting Technique - A Must-Have for Any Actor
*by O***E on November 30, 2025*

There is no one book out there that will make you a great actor, or there would be a lot more great actors. However, if you want to take your acting skills to the next level, "The Intent to Live" is an indispensable addition to your library. Larry Moss covers everything from script and character analysis; development of motives, intentions, actions, and back stories; being in the present; to practical vocal and physical exercises to unlock new physical, vocal and emotional flexibility. Best of all, the author is not partisan about acting theory. He incorporates a lot of ideas from past noted acting teachers (Meisner, Adler, Strasberg) and others), but allows the actor to use the techniques that work for them in a given situation. Overall this is an outstanding book which teaches a variety of theories and practical techniques without being dogmatic.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The only acting book you actually need, despite the horrible terrible cover
*by M***L on October 20, 2019*

I've been taking acting classes for years, and have also read basically all the acting books. Most of the books are pretty useless, because most of what you need to learn comes from *doing* in classes which you can't get from reading, and the books treat aspects of acting either too superficially (e.g. a single page on substitutions) or else are too opinionated and polemical (you *must* do it this way and not that way). This is the book to read *after* you've taken classes for a year or two. Larry covers *everything*, describes everything with tremendous detail and justification, and tends not to take sides but explain how different techniques work for different people. Basically, he goes a level deeper that most acting coaches do, so you get a lot of the "why" you might be missing from class, or just fills in gaps of knowledge you have. So, it's just a masterpiece. BUT... the book bothers me because the cover is SO, SO, SO bad, SO cheesy. I had refused to buy it for years because with a cover so tasteless -- looks like it's from 1985, with the blood-red handwriting, the super-dramatic author headshot, that I couldn't believe any good coach would ever approve a cover so "slick" and faux-"serious" and completely devoid of life or joy. Even the title "Intent to Live" sounds fake-dramatic. It was only after an acting coach of mine told me it was the best book out there, that I took the plunge and read it. So buy the book and ignore the cover. Hopefully someday a new edition comes out with a cover that seems to actually reflect the book's content, instead of communicating the exact *opposite* of what's inside.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Divided into useful chapters he breaks the process down in such a ...
*by K***D on March 28, 2017*

This is one of the books I use as a text book for the acting classes that I teach. Moss is able to clearly and succinctly share with the reader, the tools needed for acting (and *directing). Divided into useful chapters he breaks the process down in such a way that the reader can apply and fairly quickly put into action what they are reading. Universally my students have found it incredibly useful. *Any student of directing will find this book useful as Moss articulates the acting process in such a way that it parallels script analysis.

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