Editing John Sayles (section)

==Recurring collaborators==
Actors who have regularly worked with Sayles include [[Maggie Renzi]], [[David Strathairn]], [[Joe Morton]], [[Chris Cooper]], [[Mary McDonnell]], [[Vincent Spano]], [[Kevin Tighe]], [[Josh Mostel]], [[Tom Wright (actor)|Tom Wright]], [[Gordon Clapp]] and [[Angela Bassett]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q0RaiTE-QusC&q=john+sayles+collaborators&pg=PA6|last=Ryan|first=Jack|title=John Sayles, Filmmaker: A Critical Study of the Independent Writer-director : with a Filmography and a Bibliography|year=1998|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786405299}}page 6</ref>

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