"Milton’s book isn’t just filled with incredibly useful technical guidance for performers, you can feel his larger than life personality in every page. He has distilled a lifetime of knowledge and experience working and training with actors into a tool that can be used and applied and lived with as we navigate our never-ending quest to be better."

—Sean Astin

"Milton Justice has been my director, my coach, and my friend for over 40 years. He inspires me. He simply tells it like it is. I bet he will inspire you!"

—Margo Martindale

"Few speak as clearly and passionately about the art and craft of acting as does Milton Justice. He offers his readers a pragmatic philosophy, forged in his long relationship with Stella Adler and tempered with his avid curiosity for new information on Stanislavsky and the elusive art of acting. Filled with wise words, useful advice, inspiration, and humor, Justice’s book is a must-read."

—Sharon Marie Carnicke, author of Stanislavsky in Focus

"I don't know anyone with more passion for acting than Milton. He's specnt years in the trenches solving practical problems for working actors. This book gathers those solutions."

—Grant Show

"Milton has inspired me to work harder and make better choices at every stage of my acting career. He knows what he is talking about. And he knows how to teach it.

—Chris Carmack

"In his book Milton uses correspondences to not only teach a masterclass on acting but also to convey the personal struggles and journey the actor takes to understanding. He covers the lost territory of Stella Adler’s and Stanislavsky’s work to lift acting to high artistry through the use of the imagination and blood memory. Everywhere you see the wisdom of Milton’s lifetime work… to understand acting for himself and his students. There is a good deal to get from this endeavor. It’s practical and relatable."

—Mark Ruffalo

As an acting teacher, Milton Justice has had the privilege of coaching and teaching a wide range of actors over the past thirty years, including Mark Ruffalo, Margo Martindale, Sean Astin, Kyra Sedgwick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Carmack, Maura Tierney, and Patrick Stewart.

He was mentored by Stella Adler, who selected him to be the first artistic director of her theater in Los Angeles. He has received an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe nominations. He has taught at Yale, NYU, Unitec in Auckland, and in Seoul, Korea.