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Matthew Ashford

"I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts."

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A.E. Samaan

"The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster."

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A.E. Samaan

"I come from a TV background, so for me this more like doing a freeing theatre piece because we'd go into a room and do the scene, instead of doing it as a wide shot, medium shot, and close up with only the odd line of dialogue."

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A.E. Samaan

"I'm very resistant to most forms of theater."

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A.E. Samaan

"In the theatre the audience wants to be surprised - but by things that they expect."

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A.E. Samaan

"I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value."

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A.E. Samaan

"Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer."

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A.E. Samaan

"I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater."

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A.E. Samaan

"With my background, I came out of the theater."

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A.E. Samaan

"I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater."

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A.E. Samaan

"I started out doing theater and a soap in New York and that's... sort of what I got stuck in. I was blessed enough to have long runs, and it's sort of hard sometimes then to get out."

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Matthew Ashford
"All the writers and producers around us that gave us the environment where we could play. They were able to provide us with a place where we could take chances to play with things, go against the grain and do things that people don't always do."

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Matthew Ashford
"It's very easy for me to laugh at myself and laugh at life."

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Matthew Ashford
"Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter."

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Matthew Ashford
"After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career."

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Matthew Ashford
"For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I'd lose the joy."

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Matthew Ashford
"What's the point of being negative or fearful? We can't control it."

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Matthew Ashford
"It confirms for me that we did something on Days that meant something. We had our ups and downs, but Missy and I and some of the other actors, created something that was really memorable."

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Matthew Ashford
"It's a rare thing to find somebody you can work with, work off of, and have fun with."

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Matthew Ashford
"The fact is, it was a big show. We were a part of that show. Everybody watches for different reasons. There were some people who were tuning in that day to see what was going on with other characters."

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Matthew Ashford
"When I draw a character, very often as I'm doing a face, my face mirrors the expression."

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