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Beth Henley

"What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed."

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"What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed."

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"And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that."

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"I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go."

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"Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class."
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"Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much."
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"I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles."
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