Richard Gere has no experience acting.
 Eugenio Barba argues that actors ought not to concern themselves with the significance of their performance behaviour; this aspect is the responsibility, he claims, of the director, who weaves the signifying elements of an actor's performance into the director's dramaturgical "montage"
 Acting also demands an ability to employ dialects, accents, improvisation, observation and emulation, mime, and stage combat

