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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

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Without discipline and detachment, an actor is an emotional slob, spilling his insides out. This abandonment is having an unfortunate vogue. It is tasteless, formless, absurd. Without containment there is no art. All this vomiting and wheezing and bursting at the seams is no more great acting than the convulsions of raving maniacs.

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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.

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Born: April 5, 1908
Died: October 6, 1989 (aged 81)
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