I think when you're doing drama it comes across a lot straighter... People say, ‘I'm going to write it down before I go in’. Whether you write it down or not, your mind just goes a total blank... and you are thinking to yourself, ‘What was I going to say there?’ And when you come out you think, ‘Oh dear, I should have said that’. This [drama] is showing more than words could ever show’. (Julie, from the video ‘My Review’) 1
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