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For a London play, rehearsal time would be four weeks for the entire show. In films, I'd spend six weeks on the big dance numbers to get them perfect before the actual shooting.
Jessie Matthews
Time
,
Before
,
Perfect
I collaborated on most of my dance numbers, literally 50/50, with the choreographers I worked with.
Jessie Matthews
Dance
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Worked
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Numbers
I dreaded doing close-ups.
Jessie Matthews
Dreaded
I had a flair for comedy and could give a sustained performance.
Jessie Matthews
Give
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Comedy
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Flair
In films, the fact that you can always do a scene again takes a load off your mind, enabling you to strive for perfection, which I always wanted.
Jessie Matthews
Mind
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Wanted
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Again
When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks.
Jessie Matthews
Men
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Made
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Looks
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Biography
Nationality:
British
Type:
Actress
Born:
March 11
, 1907
Died:
August 19
, 1981
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