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You can't just tell actors, especially young ones, to 'act happy' and expect them to do it. They must in some essential way be happy.

Roger Ebert
Essentials, Actors, Way
Roger Ebert (2012). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.300, Andrews McMeel Publishing
You can't just tell actors, especially young ones, to 'act happy' and expect them to do it. They must in some essential way be happy.