They [teachers] beat it right out of me. Or they beat it into me and educated it out … - William Mapother

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It was a most rewarding experience! I learned and saw how with a few simple ideas and concepts the same presentation can go from being standard and ordinary to interesting and involving.

William Mapother

They [teachers] beat it right out of me. Or they beat it into me and educated it out of me. I don't know; that's an interesting question. The Catholic schools required work, so I think that may have been where the work ethic came from, in answer to the question of how my character may have been shaped.

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It's because you have no power. You give them all the material and the cinematographer, the director, the editor, boy what they can choose. . . You better hope they like you because they can slice and dice and make you look like a damn fool when your face and body are up there on a 30-foot screen.

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I do like taking on responsibility, sometimes too much. But I was aware of that early on and it's something that came up in the previous set of interviews, and that is the actor‛s contribution.

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One of the great things about film is that, typically anything that's introduced in the first five minutes, the audiences will by into.

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I feel honored to be a part of something that provided people with entertainment and that inspired conversations. I feel very, very fortunate.

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One of the advantages of shooting digitally was that we had a lot of time. When you shoot, even if you do a good performance, it may get lost in the editing room. It's just one more way that a potentially good film might go astray.

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