The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to ACTThe best and most important book about acting I've ever read. Nathan Lane From the coauthor of The World Only Spins Forward comes the first cultural history of Method acting an ebullient account of creative discovery and the birth of classic Hollywood. On stage and screen, we know a great performance when we see it. But how do actors draw from their bodies and minds to turn their selves into art? What is the craft of being an authentic fake? More than