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Bernard Sahlins

American Writer

Born: Aug 20, 1922

Died: Jun 16, 2013

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Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool. Bernard Sahlins

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Actually being funny is mostly telling the truth about things. Bernard Sahlins

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My theory is that everything an actor does, from the way he looks at his watch to the way he moves across the stage, is in the service of advancing a story, and in that sense, it's all writing. In that sense we, while acting, write. Bernard Sahlins

I think improvisation is a technique and a tool. I think that even the best of them fail most of the time, and in the end, the audience is not interested in how you got there but in what you're saying. The more clearly and concisely and artistically you say it, the more effective it is. Bernard Sahlins

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If you're talking down to the audience, no matter how brutish it is, they know it and they hate you for it. Bernard Sahlins

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