TW and I watched a movie the other day with one of those actors. In fact, I'd say that he's probably the best actor I've ever seen: Dustin Hoffman. We watched "Tootsie," which I haven't seen for years and I was completely blown away. It's an 80's movie, so there's some language in it, but other than that it's a great movie. As a performer and an actor, I take my hat off to Dustin Hoffman. He's amazing in everything I've ever seen him do.
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Great Acting
Acting, like any other skill, is something that takes a lot of work and study to be really good at. Most really good actors are very keenly observant of people and the way that they move, talk, stand, gesture, and communicate non-verbally. For less talented actors, they make a good living playing the same part over and over again. A few start as the I-always-play-the-oddball-in-comedies type of actor and then show us some versatility later. Some actors always do basically the same poor acting job, but find a movie in which their weird style works really well. But there are a few really great actors who seem to be able to play anything and nail it.
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Oh I love Jim Carrey. When I was younger I used to think he was John Candy before John Candy got fat. I agree about Dustin Hoffman. He's awesome.
ReplyDeleteBut what about Johnny Depp? He's freaking awesome, he has an awesomely wide range.
I didn't mention every good actor here, but I'll agree that Johnny Depp is a really good actor. I'm not totally sure that he's on my all-time-greats list if only because I'm not totally convinced that he could ever play a normal person. Acting strange and awkward is one thing (and he's one of the best at that), but acting normal is a whole different thing. I might be wrong though because I haven't seen a huge amount of his movies. Is there one where he is just a regular person?
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