I mean one of the basic rul... by Janet Suzman, a South African Actress

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“I mean one of the basic rules when you're acting is that you mustn't stand in judgement on a character, you mustn't say Hitler was a bad man because you can't act in that way.”

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Janet Suzman

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Name: Janet Suzman

Nationality: South African

Date of Birth: Feb 9, 1939

Profession: Actress

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I still find that a kind of stricture of the heart happens when I see any form of bigoted or racist behaviour. I get an actual pain in my heart.

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My mother was very agnostic. She would never set foot in the synagogue, she couldn't be doing with it.

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