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Derek Jacobi

Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react.

Derek Jacobi

Imagination

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Derek Jacobi is saying that to understand how you might behave in a past situation, you have to trust your ability to imagine yourself in that exact time and place. This process requires both belief in your own perspective and creative thinking to accurately recreate those conditions in your mind.

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