Ken Howard discusses his book, “Act Natural.” He begins by explaining the origins of the book, which draws from courses he taught at Harvard and from his own career as an actor and sets out to demonstrate how to be a more effective public speaker and communicator by learning how actors prepare for their roles. He then discusses why he left Yale before finishing his Master degree. He explains he left to pursue a small role in a play called “Promises, Promises” not the larger role in “1776” which he is more well known for winning a Tony. Howard goes on to discuss memorized versus extemporaneous speeches and the importance of having a structure to a speech. Later he shares stories of his experiences with Jose Ferrer, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Antonio Banderas, and Robert De Niro.
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