Non-actors / first-timers

You gotta see this show. What a performer. He does these impersonations. I swear, you would think it was the real people. Oh, it's unbelievable.

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most powerful way to go, just not to do anything. And it's very hard for actors in general to feel that they're doing enough, whereas all they have to do is nothing, and that's all that's needed. And that in itself is something to learn or realize as an actor, especially in films. So sometimes when you use non-actors, they don't even think that way, and you can get a very strong presence without any of the

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It's the quality of these guys is so good that you go through this, even if it's sometimes a little harder to work with these gentlemen than with professionals. Actor Frank Vincent. And the less actors you use, the more real you can get reality because you get real people. They don't even know they're acting. Writer Nicholas Pileggi. But a lot of those guys in the back were not really professionals. They would just... Marty picked them up for character, for face.

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McAndreys! Holy Jesus. Yeah, people wanted to know whether they were dummies or real people, but they were real. They just kind of hung around all day and, uh... You know?

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No real people were hurt in this sequence.

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Alexander Payne

real teachers in scenes calling for teachers and students calling for scenes with students. In general, I like casting like that, smaller parts. For policemen, cast real policemen, and for doctors, cast real doctors, and I just like doing that. And I very much like mixing professional with non-professional actors. I think it makes...

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Alexander Payne

And this isn't just me. You see it a lot in other filmmakers, too. It's not original. But I agree that often non-professional actors can make professional, famous actors look more real. And the presence of those professional actors makes the non-professionals look as though they're acting better than perhaps they really are. And it's just a fun thing to do. You see it a lot in Milos Forman films. And I find a lot of inspiration in Milos Forman films.

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And people. Real people. Okay. I hope everybody enjoyed the remaster. Thank you very much.

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