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" I look for absurdly simple plots so that I can simply focus on the characters. Having an understanding of what dialogue's easy to say and hard to say - I think that that's helpful, too. "

Taylor Sheridan

Say

Simple

Focus

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Taylor Sheridan

People

Faith

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Taylor Sheridan

Water

High

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Changing

Study

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