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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def actors(self, actors):
 """ Sets the sub-actors of the actor. :param actors: the sub-actors :type actors: list """

        if actors is None:
            actors = self.default_actors()
        self.check_actors(actors)
        self.config["actors"] = actors