"When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that."

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"When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that."

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"If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man."

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"I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed."

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