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. >> an that a mtake. >> yeah. >> was it not? >> well, iearned a l from them. >> you said annteresting thing too. you sa if you want to be a writer, one damn gd thing do is to go be some kind of -- go to actin class. >> i agree with that, definitely. >>hat does it give you? >> wl, you know one, it actually, one, especially if you -- iyou want to b a writerctually learning about acting and everything, actually just, itgives you more of an insig to these aracters. like i can do what i talking about. where i can get the characters talking to ea other and they can just be. and ey come from me. a lot of that comes frome studying actings opposed writing classes. i studied actg classes. also as a director, it ges you a sense of how to talk to an actor. you understand, u are walking a mile i their shoes and youkind of unrstand it. >> rose:ou understand if you have been an acker. >> that is one of the thin that actor-directors have over most otherirectors who are more technicly directeds they speak actor talk. th know how to elit thingsro