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Declan Donnellan Quotes: Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.'
         

Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.'


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