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Film acting is really the trick of doing moments. you rarely do a take that lasts more than 20 seconds. you really earn your spurs acting onstage. i needed to do that for myself. i would hate to say at the end of everything that i never did a stage play.
-Sam Shepard
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Film Acting Is Really The Trick Of

Sam Shepard
Film acting is really the trick of doing moments. you rarely do a take that lasts more than 20 seconds. you really earn your spurs acting onstage. i needed to do that for myself. i would hate to say at the end of everything that i never did a stage play.
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