They were often, he felt, over-emphatic in their methods.

Still, they were, he was certain, good actors.

One could always tell what they meant.
It was at these times that he especially wished he might be allowed to view the "rushes." He not only wished to assure himself for Baird's sake that the piece would be acceptably serious, but he wished, with a quite seemly curiosity, to view his own acting on the screen.

It occurred to him that he had been acting a long time without a glimpse of himself.
But Baird had been singularly firm in this matter, and the Montague girl had sided with him.

It was best, they said, for a beginning actor not to see himself at first.