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James Cagney Quotes: You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can.
         

You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can.


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