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“Film directing has perfected my theater directing. I think when…” quote by Adam Rapp — Download Open image

“Film directing has perfected my theater directing. I think when I first started directing, a lot of my stuff was very lateral; I was afraid to have the actors' backs turned away, afraid to put them too far upstage, and I think once I did more things with film, I got more interested in composition.”

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