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When you're on stage, you build strong relationships with the actors, but it's a story you tell with the audience - you have to include them, you have to respond to them, they have to understand the narrative.

Romola Garai

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Romola Garai
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: August 6
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Film Director
Stage Actor
Hong Kong SAR
China
Romola Sadie Garai
Strong
Narrative
Tell
Relationships
Stories
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Stage
Audience
Story
Actors
Include
Understand
Respond

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