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" Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene. "
James Lipton
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" Because - Bobby Lewis said this once to us in class, the better you get, the less credit you'll get. Because the better you are, the more it looks like walking and talking and everybody thinks they can walk and talk. "
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" The foundation for film acting is stage acting. "
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" If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reexamine them, something would happen. "
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" The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do. "
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" I had something called the back of the chair test. Where I sit, we don't sit like you and I do. I can see a sliver right behind them and they come out and they sit like this like god students and they don't touch the back of the chair. "
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" Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be. "
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" I was dealing with craft, and that's the surprising thing, the number of people who have literally broken down on our stage, because when you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong. "
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" They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show. "
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" I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see this one coming up Sixth Avenue - never ask a question the answer to which you do not know. "
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" They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors. "
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" I did get Tom Hanks to say, Life is just a box of chocolates. "
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Did
" It can be summed up in one sentence. Does this person have something to teach my students? No one has ever let us down. "
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" I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting. "
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" We are the only school in America, drama school in America that trains actors, writers and directors side by side for three years in a master's degree program, and we want them - to expose them to everything. "
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" I thought we would have at most an audience of 5,000 devotees because I made the decision to stick to craft, not to gossip, not to be interested in any of the juicy stuff that they talk about on other shows, but stick to the question of craft. "
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" The studio is meant to be always a place where, first of all, they can be out of spotlight, and second, where they could work with a peer group on parts that they might not have played otherwise. "
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