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[–] 24853283? 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
I always wondered why movies need actors you’ve seen before? They’re telling a story. Any reasonably good actor can do that. Why does it need to be Tom Cruise or a name you’ve heard before.
[–] 24854200? 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Historically only two things were lower than prostitutes - Politicians and actors.
Still true today.
[–] 24854228? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Dont forget.....Lawyers!
[–] 24854715? ago
As Max Bialystock says: "Actors aren't people. Have you ever seen them eat?"
[–] 24853417? 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Because celebrities are paid for “services”, acting is just pretense.
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[–] 24854751? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
SOME, few, very good actors, such as Ben Kingsley, can play parts and find and present the character as written, or as actually existed.
Others like Sean Penn. Does not matter the part...it is ALWAYS Sean Penn on the screen.
[–] 24855547? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think the best actors are mentally deranged. I mean I'm an artist (music) and I think if i hadn't had such a screwed up childhood I would be relatively "normal" and probably wouldn't feel compelled to express emotion abstractly. Art is psyche. And back to actors, only the greatest ones, they've got to be crazy. Daniel day Lewis comes to mind, I've heard he completely loses his real identity when he's working on a movie. Meryl steep has to be a textbook psychopath. I don't think she does method acting, which is terrifying, because it means she actually is just that good at faking it.. Like a psychopath
[–] 24856635? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
It's a post modern thing. Modern narratives are only partly about story and a lot about self reference to the medium of film itself. Actors carry the weight and pull of their familiarity into their roles as a subconscious hook to the audience to feel like they're participating in a bigger adventure than just the movie's plotline itself, i.e. the actor's career trajectory.
Pretty self absorbed art, ain't it?