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George Lindsey was given some surprising acting advice by Andy Griffith during production of The Andy Griffith Show
Lindsey was gifted some powerful advice from Sheriff Taylor himself.
Look, plenty of people may offer you advice, encouraging you to try your best in everything you do. While that's certainly something worth considering, it's also important to consider another important piece of advice: sometimes, less is more.
Take, for example, The Andy Griffith Show, a series that thrives on simplicity. The Andy Griffith Show doesn't need action-packed scenes or overly complicated plotlines. The beauty of a town like Mayberry lies in its plain nature. The Andy Griffith Show captures a kind of warm modesty typically only seen in small-town life. Even if viewers aren't familiar with it, they find themselves longing for a kinder, more uncomplicated time.
This energy was carefully engineered by Andy Griffith, whose direct efforts made the series as we know it today. That simplicity wasn't just limited to plotlines.
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"Though I needed to understand what made Goober tick, I tried not to take him apart and analyze him too much when we were doing the show because I always felt the more I started looking for all the nuances, the harder the role would be to play," wrote Lindsey. "Andy gave me some advice that helped, too. He said, 'George, stop acting.' There was a simple truth there. We had to become our character. In turn, our audience would believe we actually were those characters. Mayberry became real."
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