A Quote by Michael Boatman
As an actor I'm always interested in dialogue, the way the characters speak to each other. I also enjoy a bit of humor, especially when it's unexpected.
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It's important for me to give each thing the possibility to speak and also to allow artworks speak to each other.
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from book to book. But in many books, there is a colloquialism of address. The characters will speak in a quite idiosyncratic way sometimes.
In what we think of as bad dialogue, the characters talk directly to each other.
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I liked the premise of this material. I love the marriage relationship. They kind of keep each other honest, and they enjoy each other's sense of humor. Kind of a sexy but boring relationship.
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