"To me, acting is a matter of absolute concentration. You can laugh and giggle with your friends up to the minute the director says, "Action!" Then you snap your mind into shape and into the character that you're playing and relate to the people that you're acting with and forget everybody else that you've been joking with."

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Elizabeth Taylor

Actress

Elizabeth Taylor was a renowned actress and humanitarian, celebrated for her roles in films like 'Cleopatra' and her advocacy for AIDS research.

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