One of the great tools we use in acting is the idea of immediacy, that the audience gets … - Billy Crudup

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The choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.

Billy Crudup

One of the great tools we use in acting is the idea of immediacy, that the audience gets to see you witness something apparently for the first time, so you create a lot of tools to kind of trick yourself into making it appear something is happening for the first time.

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