This is an authoritative book vital to every actor. Written in a question and answer format. Seventy-two questions, seventy-two answers given with clarity and intelligence. All actors, if they wish to successfully pursue a professional career, must master these points and be fully prepared to meet the challenges of casting. Mr. Hoffman is a seasoned professional with over thirty-five years in the acting business and more than 400 professional acting jobs to his credit. His feature films include "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Comes a Horseman," "Night Shift," "All the President's Men," "Ordinary People," "Electric Horseman," "The Mliagro Beanfield War," and many others. His TV credits include "Hill Street Blues," "Seinfeld," "Sanford and Son," "The Twilight Zone," and others too numerous to catalog here. 'Cold Reading and How to Be Good' at It, belongs in the library of every committed actor.