Acknowledgements Introduction Playing philosophy The discontents of the acting studio Chapter 1: Am I ACTING? True for who(m)? Beyond boring relativism What is acting? The 'working' actor Art and craft The abstract thing beyond technique The beautiful actor Summary Chapter 2: What Was I Thinking? 'Conscious' performance The actor and the 'swing thought' Who am I anyway? Monkeys, mirrors, peanuts. Getting the trope/thought right Summary Chapter 3: How Am I Feeling The neutral walk Emotion and imagination Like the town of Brigadoon. Duse was a woman 'Mindblindness' From 'embodied thinking' to 'display' From primary to social Summary Chapter 4: What Were YOU Thinking? Getting out of our heads. The psychological toy box So many psychologies Where do we start? Psychology and survival Rational actors Summary Chapter 5: Where Am I? Actors are not green So you want to be a selective quasi-amnesiac? The Orient(al) Express(iveness) Conclusion Bibliography Index.