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Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

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Joe Morton
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: October 18
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The Bronx
New York City
Joseph Thomas Morton Jr.
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Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the same but what you learn as a craft in theater, you can then learn to translate that into any mediums.
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