To go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. An…

Michael Shurtleff
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To go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. Anyone may apply, but only the certifiably insane are admitted. ✨ Michael Shurtleff (2009). Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part, p.3, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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To go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. Anyone may apply, but only the certifiably insane are admitted. ✨ Michael Shurtleff (2009). Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part, p.3, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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