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If you can do a part and not have the acting show.

— James (Jimmy) Stewart

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  3. When I got back from the war in 1946 people didn't want the Mr. Smith kind of movie any more, and I refused to make war pictures.
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  • acting
  • art
  • craft
  • performance
  • skill
  • subtlety

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