"Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.“


-Larry Hagman

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Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

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