Summary
“Emulate Tom Hanks,” Darryl Hickman tells the students in his dramatic workshop in Los Angeles. The veteran actor, writer, director, producer, CBS executive and renowned teacher of drama uses one of his favorite actors to make a point. Learn to master the mechanics of creativity® as described in his book, The Unconscious Actor®, and you, too, can actualize a magical world just like the Oscar-winning Mr. Hanks. Hickman writes that “forces are at work, forces we cannot see or even fully understand which we can harness to create a better life, a more artistic performance, a greener garden.”
We live in a performance-oriented society. High standards are demanded of us in the classroom, at the office, and in our personal lives. Hickman makes it clear that we all have the tools to become outstanding performers, demonstrating how to make use of those tools with skill and precision. Many of those who have taken Hickman’s workshop have gone on to become award-winning actors, writers and producers, oil magnates, college professors, world-travel consultants, even top executives at Apple Computer Inc. Their stories prove that, by applying the principles outlined in this book, it’s possible for the motivated reader to reach the pinnacle of success in his or her chosen field.
About the Author
Darryl Hickman acted in almost 100 movies before he was twenty-one, was the lead in his own dramatic series on NBC, wrote half-hour and hour shows for episodic television, and starred in a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical on Broadway. On the other side of the desk, he was Director of Daytime Programs at CBS/NY where he supervised the writers and producers of the four in-house produced soap operas, produced an Emmy-nominated ninety-minute special for CBS, taught soap opera (serial) writing at the New School in New York, and wrote/produced sitcoms for Norman Lear’s Tandem/T.A.T. company in Los Angeles. As a renowned teacher in his own workshops in New York and Los Angeles, he has developed a ground-breaking Process for teaching dramatic art. Mr. Hickman is a summa cum laude graduate of Loyola University (Los Angeles) with a B.S. in English.
