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I liked this Clint Eastwood anecdote from Shawn Callahan.

As an actor Clint found a director’s call to ‘Action’ off putting. He was immediately reminded that he was an actor, acting and his performance suffered. Instead Clint calmly and quietly says things like, “OK, in your own time …” or “when you are ready …”

Shawn adds his own sensible-sounding tips for making talking head videos…

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