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Actor Brendan Cowell on creating characters

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A talk in association with the exhibition Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2011.

Writer, actor and director Brendan Cowell talks about his experience being the subject of Archibald Prize entries four times, and his own process of creating characters through acting and writing.