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title: "1 Actors Experience Quotes By Alexander Mackendrick"
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> [The best way to learn how to work with actors is to have had experience of trying to act yourself - it will teach you humility if nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mackendrick/the-best-way-to-learn-how-to-work-with-actors-is-to-have-had/)

Alexander Mackendrick

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## More by Alexander Mackendrick

> [Children are often better actors than adults because they have a greater capacity for believing in a situation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mackendrick/children-are-often-better-actors-than-adults-because-they-have-a/)

Alexander Mackendrick

> [Nationality is a very curious thing. The blood is Scots and the temperament is Scots, but I am, in fact, 100% American.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mackendrick/nationality-is-a-very-curious-thing-the-blood-is-scots-and-the/)

Alexander Mackendrick

> [The great directors managed to dissolve and disappear into the work. They make other people look good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mackendrick/the-great-directors-managed-to-dissolve-and-disappear-into-the-work/)

Alexander Mackendrick

> [The best way to learn how to work with actors is to have had experience of trying to act yourself - it will teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mackendrick/the-best-way-to-learn-how-to-work-with-actors-is-to-have-had/)

Alexander Mackendrick

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