Introduction
How You Can Beat Stage Fright
About the Stars
 Carlos Alazraqui
 Jason Alexander
 Mose Allison
 Maya Angelou
 Lawrence P. Beron
 Mark Bittner
 Walter Block
 Jim Bouton
 David Brenner
 Larry "Bubbles" Brown
 David Burns
 Tony Castle
 Peter Coyote
 Phyllis Diller
 Olympia Dukakis
 Will Durst
 Albert Ellis
 Melissa Etheridge
 Tony Freeman
 Dave Goelz
 Bonnie Hayes
 Dan Hicks
 JeROME
 Mickey Joseph
 Kevin Kataoka
 Richard Lewis
 Paul Lyons
 Maria Mason
 Meehan Brothers
 Larry Miller
 David A. Moss
 Frank Oz
 Ron Paul
 Simon Phillips
 Mark Pitta
 Kevin Rooney
 Bob Sarlatte
 Mark Schiff
 Ben Sidran
 Robin Williams
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Bibliography

Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander, as George Costanza on NBC’s “Seinfeld,” won six Emmy and four Golden Globe nominations, an American Television Award and two American Comedy Awards for “Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series.” The Screen Actors Guild knighted him “Best Actor in a Comedy Series.”

His Broadway debut was in “Merrily We Roll Along” (1981). Alexander wrote the narrative book for the revue “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway” and played 14 different characters at every performance, winning the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Tony Award. Other theater roles include starring in the acclaimed L.A. production of “The Producers.”

Film credits include Hachiko: A Dog’s Story, Pretty Woman, Mosquito Coast, Jacob’s Ladder, Coneheads, North, Blankman, Dunston Checks In, Love, Valor, Compassion, and Shallow Hal. He has directed the features For Better or Worse and Just Looking. He is currently directing and appearing in a number of television shows, and serving as the artistic director for Reprise Theatre Company.