You put on a face for the ...

You put on a face for the public. The face isn't false; it's just another side of you. If it were false, you couldn't last. People want something real and natural, and if they catch you acting, you're dead. It has to look real. In order to look real, it has to be real, and I've always thought of the characters I've played as real people.
 James Garner

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Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.
 James Garner
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