Transcripts: Academy Awards Speeches & Backstage Interviews

82nd Academy Awards^® Press Transcripts allows you to read the complete transcripts of the speeches award winners gave onstage as they received their Oscar on March 5th, 2010. Also available are transcripts of the press conferences that took place backstage with each winner or winners, minutes after an award was presented.

Academy Awards Acceptance Speech Database is a free database of transcripts of hundreds of onstage speeches from many years of award shows. This database is also from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

New Book Spotlight: How to Be a Working Actor

How to Be a Working Actor: The Insider’s Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film, and Television is a wonderful how-to guide on becoming a professional actor. Chocked full of tips and suggestions, including tips on the nuts and bolts of the industry, script analysis and landing your big break, this book is an excellent resource for the beginner or a great refresher for the seasoned pro. Also included is a bibliography for additional reading or research.

How to be a Working Actor: The Insider’s Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film, and Television can be found on the 4th floor of Emerson Library.