Foreword by David Hyde Pierce

In the foreword, what was David Hyde Pierce's experience acting with Uta Hagen?

How many other people were on stage with David Hyde Pierce and Uta Hagen during the play mentioned in the foreword?

What did David Hyde Pierce do to prepare for working with Uta Hagen?

According to David Hyde Pierce, which word was NOT part of his description of Uta Hagen when they met?

What was the 'biggest surprise' for David Hyde Pierce as a student of Uta Hagen's writing when he finally worked with her?

What was Uta Hagen's reasoning for wanting a real refrigerator in the rehearsal room?

What happened to the 'fantastic metal cookie tin' the designer provided for the show?

Why did David Hyde Pierce feel he did not need to use substitutions for his emotional speech about Alzheimer's disease?

On the night David Hyde Pierce's emotion for the Alzheimer's speech 'wasn't coming,' what did he do?

When did David Hyde Pierce's character finally 'come completely undone' with emotion on that particular night?

What was Uta Hagen's comment to David Hyde Pierce backstage after the scene where his emotion was delayed?

According to the foreword, how did Uta Hagen feel about her book 'Respect for Acting' after it was published?

What was the name of the other book Uta Hagen wrote, which she hoped would replace 'Respect for Acting'?

What is the reason David Hyde Pierce gives for why 'Respect for Acting' endures despite Hagen's wishes?

What did Uta Hagen want actors to have so much of that they would 'never settle for the easy, the superficial, or the cheap'?

What did the acting teachers tell Uta Hagen they were doing when she visited their classes and was horrified?

How is 'Challenge for the Actor' described in comparison to 'Respect for Acting'?

What did David Hyde Pierce find to be neither 'frivolous nor selfish' about Uta Hagen's acting process?

What was the specific prop, besides the refrigerator, that was central to an anecdote in the foreword?

What effect did acting with Uta Hagen have on David Hyde Pierce?

What was the approximate age of Uta Hagen when David Hyde Pierce worked with her?

David Hyde Pierce notes that Uta Hagen wanted actors to continuously do what in their scenes, plays, and careers?

How did David Hyde Pierce feel about being the only other person on stage with Uta Hagen?

The cookie container that was used for the entire run of the show was made of what material?

Which page and item number from 'Respect for Acting' did David Hyde Pierce think of during his speech?

What does David Hyde Pierce suggest should be read as a companion to 'Respect for Acting'?

According to David Hyde Pierce, what does Uta Hagen's voice in the book reveal about who she was?

What paradoxical statement does David Hyde Pierce make about 'Respect for Acting' in the final sentence of the foreword?

The metal cookie tin provided by the designer was described as being what?

What physical reaction did Uta Hagen have to the new metal cookie tin?

What was the innocuous line David Hyde Pierce delivered just before his emotional release?

David Hyde Pierce describes Uta Hagen's on-stage reality as having what quality?

What did David Hyde Pierce's personal connection to Alzheimer's allow him to do in his performance?

What does David Hyde Pierce say is captured in 'Respect for Acting'?

What did Uta Hagen NOT want actors to settle for, according to the foreword?

The foreword suggests that Uta Hagen's physical and vocal lyricism had its roots in what?

What did Uta Hagen dislike, leading her to say 'No cardboard mock-ups for her'?

When the designer replaced the rehearsal prop, it was on the day the company did what?

What was David Hyde Pierce's state of mind when he realized the emotion for his speech wasn't coming?

How did Uta Hagen look at David Hyde Pierce when she commented on his performance backstage?

What was Uta Hagen doing when she became 'horrified' by the use of her exercises?

At the time David Hyde Pierce worked with her, Uta Hagen was described as 'still a...'?

Which of these is NOT a word David Hyde Pierce uses to describe Uta Hagen's performance quality?

The foreword implies that Uta Hagen's insistence on specific props stemmed from her commitment to what?

What was the relationship between Uta Hagen and David Hyde Pierce in the play they performed?

In the anecdote about the delayed emotion, David Hyde Pierce knew Uta Hagen would accept his performance because he was thinking about her advice to not do what?

Why did Uta Hagen write 'Challenge for the Actor'?

What does David Hyde Pierce say actors will 'catch a glimpse of' in this book?

The foreword characterizes Uta Hagen's desire for actors to never settle as a desire for them to 'keep on...' what?

What did David Hyde Pierce say that 'nothing could prepare you for'?