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[about Will Rogers, whom Clarke worked with on several pictures] He had no respect for the marks on the floor, which are placed there as guides to proper lighting and focusing. The cinematographer, when doing a scene with Rogers, just had to hope for the best, for we never knew where he would land. He never said the same lines or did the same bit of business from take to take to take. Some of the older stage actors might have felt this was lack of discipline, but Will Rogers had a gift that few others possess: he had an uncanny wit and a sense of what amused people. He never pretended to be an actor and perhaps this was his greatest asset.