nonprofessional

Example Sentences

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The young director worked closely with the community, auditioning nonprofessional and professional actors, but admits “it was a really hard job” that took a year and a half.

From Los Angeles Times

“Even as a nonprofessional, you want to play well; I shoot for that.”

From Seattle Times

Last fall, a Der Spiegel report accused the director of subjecting nonprofessional child actors in “Sparta” to upsetting situations in his quest for authenticity.

From New York Times

His mannered but gracefully posed hands perhaps indicate the delicacy required for surgical prowess, as well as his nonprofessional demeanor as an art-collecting aesthete.

From Los Angeles Times

Like those films, this one has been cast with local, nonprofessional actors.

From New York Times