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As a teacher at Princeton, Im surrounded by people who work hard s

As a teacher at Princeton, Im surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I dont really think of it as work – writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise. – Joyce Carol Oates

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Ive always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, its like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. Thats the actors craft – using yourself to create a character. – Robert Duvall

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I kind of fell backwards into acting. I was studying to be a high school teacher. I look now and I understand completely, or actually barely, how much work it is to be a teacher. Its an incredible amount of work. – Nathan Fillion

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For one thing, I teach my students what my teacher for twenty years, Paul Gavert, told me, The voice follows… the voice follows everything about you… who you are. – Betty Buckley

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