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The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive.

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And I thought if I don't pre-interview - first of all, we couldn't afford it - but the second thing was it would force me to do my own research, which takes two weeks.

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Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be.

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The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

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And I thought, my God, there's an off chance that they will say something that's really worth preserving and there is one way to do that and I knew what it was because I come from television.

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Because - Bobby Lewis said this once to us in class, the better you get, the less credit you'll get. Because the better you are, the more it looks like walking and talking and everybody thinks they can walk and talk.

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Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

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Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene.

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I criticize those critics. The reason being that they're doing one of the worst things that ever can be done to an actor, which is to say, Look, you do what we like you to do or else.

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I did get Tom Hanks to say, Life is just a box of chocolates.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: September 19th, 1926

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