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“There's this freshness that happens within the first few takes of the actors actually listening to each other and actually really reacting.”

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Author:Jennifer Lawrence

“I think chemistry is about not acting, but reacting, and not talking, but listening.”

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Author:Amy Poehler

“For a child actor, its a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.”

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Author:Jena Malone

“Acting is reacting. You can't react if you're not paying attention, if you're not listening.”

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Author:Reid Scott

“Acting is about listening and reacting. John Wayne was right: Acting is just reacting. You don't have to do much - as long as you stay out of the way of others. That's why it works.”

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Author:Anthony Hopkins

“I did some years of therapy and self-realization, and I just move and think at a slower pace - doesn't make me sound very smart! But really not reacting and doing more listening than talking, and letting people say what they need to say, and then maybe not saying anything at all.”

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Author:Natalie Maines

“Percy France told me, similarly, he and Bird used to hang out. They were good buddies. And he said, "Man, we'd just walk through town, sometimes with our horns. And we'd walk by past an Irish bar. And you'd stand outside and check out the music. And Bird would go in and sit in with these traditional Irish musicians. Then we'd past a Greek restaurant and we'd hear that. And Charles "Bird" Parker would go sit in with those guys. He was just listening to everything, reacting to everything.”

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Author:Jon Gordon

“Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have.”