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Michael Shurtleff Quotes: Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle, and it is up to you, the actor, to provide what comes before.
         

Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle, and it is up to you, the actor, to provide what comes before.


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Creating relationship is the heart of acting. It is basic. It is essential.



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An expression of feeling isn't worth anything unless it interferes with what the other actor in the scene wants.



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