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This Is a Wrap!
In the course of writing this book, I talked to a few actors and directors who said, “Acting is acting,” or “I just do what I do.” These Zen-like statements have little relevance to student actors. In fact, they don’t make sense. Very good actors would say this to me, and when I attempted to question them further, they would fall silent. I respected their feelings, but it made me wonder why they think that way.
I believe those words say something else about the person. The fact is, they don’t know what they do and they don’t care to examine the process in an intellectual manner. The muse is so fragile to them, they’re afraid if they speak of technique, or even think about it, their creative juices will dry up. They’re ...
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