The 12-step technique that will lead the actor from the initial script to the construction of a fully alive dynamic role. The Chubbuck Technique stands as the pinnacle of acting in the twenty-first century for many of today's greatest talents. Chubbuck took the theories of the greatest acting teachers, such as Stanislavsky, Meisner, and Hagen, and evolved them with methods such as the use of internal pain and emotions, not as an end in themselves but as a way to manage and achieve a goal.

The result is a true human behavior - from its source - that creates a realistic and captivating character. In addition to the highly effective 12-step process for creating a lively character, the book includes:

• Script analysis of classic and contemporary scripts in film, television, and theater
• Exciting behind-the-scenes stories about how many famous actors perfected their technique
• An appendix with special acting tools and exercises, such as how to physically feel drunk or high, how to physically reproduce symptoms of fear or mental illness, how to effectively portray a serial killer, or how to create romantic chemistry with your partner.

"Ivana Chubbuck is the greatest acting coach of the twenty-first century... Her innovative teaching methods complement and simultaneously compete with the methods of the great teachers of the past... Under Ivana's guidance, my career evolution and the depth of my work changed dramatically." Halle Berry

"I found this active approach extremely effective - not just in acting, but also in writing and directing." Eric La Salle

"It is my Bible. I don't leave the house without it." Eva Mendes