If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition - Elia Kazan

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I carried it (a revolver) religiously and during the summer I asked a friend, a man who had been one of Franklin's bodyguards in New York State, to give me some practice in target shooting so that if the need arose I would know how to use the gun.

Elia Kazan

If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition

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