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When You Do A Four-camera Sitcom, Everything Is A Little Schtickier. It’s Not Necessarily That You Pick Up Bad Habits, But There Is Just A Very Specific Way Of Acting That You Fall Into On Those Kinds Of Multicamera Shows, And You Have To Break Those Habits When You Go In To Do Other Things.

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When You Do A Four-camera Sitcom, Everything Is A Little Schtickier. It’s Not Necessarily That You Pick Up Bad Habits, But There Is Just A Very Specific Way Of Acting That You Fall Into On Those Kinds Of Multicamera Shows, And You Have To Break Those Habits When You Go In To Do Other Things.

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