Not your favorite actor, but who is or was the best working actor, in your opinion?

Are actors really acting or are they just reciting lines while being thenselves? When I see one being interviewed on TV, there is almost no difference from their real self and the role they play. Their personality shines through in either situation, for instance Jack Nicholson is Jack Nicholson all the time.
 

I agree most of the time but wouldn't it depend on the part they're playing and the WAY they say the lines? That's why i said Don Johnson. In "Word of Honor" the veins in his forehead stood out and his face turned red when he said the lines that made me gasp. I think if an actor can invoke a reaction like that, he's got to be pretty good. (just my opinion) Matt Damon was great in Saving Private Ryan, in particular parts of the movie. (just sayin')
 
Pinky said:
I can't imagine anyone other than Anthony Hopkins in Silence Of The Lambs. He was sooo good.
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Thatā€™s probably the movie he was most famous for. He played the spooky psycho so well but he plays an adorable sweet guy in a movie about a man who races an Indian motorcycle šŸ and makes a world record. Maybe itā€™s because I like motorcycles but he played a super likeable guy. Everyone adored him.

 

johndoe said:
Are actors really acting or are they just reciting lines while being thenselves? When I see one being interviewed on TV, there is almost no difference from their real self and the role they play. Their personality shines through in either situation, for instance Jack Nicholson is Jack Nicholson all the time.
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Isnā€™t that type casting though. Thatā€™s the very reason why I stated that Anthony Hopkins played a true humanitarian in the ā€˜the worlds fastest indianā€™ ( a true story ) as well as he did playing a psycho killer in ā€˜Silence of the lambs.ā€™
 
Keesha said:
Thatā€™s probably the movie he was most famous for. He played the spooky psycho so well but he plays an adorable sweet guy in a movie about a man who races an Indian motorcycle šŸ and makes a world record. Maybe itā€™s because I like motorcycles but he played a super likeable guy. Everyone adored him.

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I adored that movie! Anthony Hopkins is amazing!
 
I'm not much of liking any actor....I tried to think who would it be!! But I can't give an answer....
I don't go to movies anymore....

I do think Jack Nicholson is hysterical....But have not seen him in a while....Or I didn't care....
I rather read a book....

What about Doris Day....We lost her I think this year....
 
johndoe said:
Are actors really acting or are they just reciting lines while being thenselves? When I see one being interviewed on TV, there is almost no difference from their real self and the role they play. Their personality shines through in either situation, for instance Jack Nicholson is Jack Nicholson all the time.
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I totally agree on Nicholson. He was actually cast correctly in most of his films and was fabulous in As Good As It Gets with Helen Hunt , but when he played himself in The Shining, I though it was the worst case of miscasting I had ever seen. He was NOTHING like the character in the book which ruined the film for me.
 
johndoe said:
Are actors really acting or are they just reciting lines while being thenselves? When I see one being interviewed on TV, there is almost no difference from their real self and the role they play. Their personality shines through in either situation, for instance Jack Nicholson is Jack Nicholson all the time.
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Agree about Nicholson. I also believe the same about Tom Hanks; he's always just Tom Hanks.
 
Not your favorite actor, but who is or was the best working actor, in your opinion?


Strother Martin

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Sure, he was good in Cool Hand Luke

But, I liked most all the roles he played in other movies

He's one I'd like to've sat down with

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Gaer said:
Gary O'? Strother Martin? That's an intriguing answer! Interesting!!!
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He cracked me up in True Grit
and found him especially entertaining in the little known movie The Ballad of Cable Hogue
A light flick for enjoyment with a bit of sage to it

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Steve McQueen was the coolest guy who ever lived.

I like Brad Pitt, liked Burt Lancaster a lot, Jack Lemmon, and early Peter Sellers. James Mason always excelled. But I think the best of all were Alec Guinness and Lawrence Olivier.

One of my favorite moments was when I talked my then 12 year old son into watching Great Expectations with me. When Sir Alec (then a very young man playing a supporting role) came on the screen, he sat up and said "that...is obi-wan kenobi."
 
Repondering said:
In terms of acting versatility, in no particular order of ranking, Robert deNiro, Alan Rickman and George Sanders.
The last guy never made it really big in the acting business, he's been dead for 30 years or more but he was really versatile and well respected in his profession.
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George Sanders was amazing. So was Basil Rathbone.
 
I'll vote for Anthony Hopkins too.

Also,
Michael Douglas
Tom Hanks
Walter Matthau
Humphrey Bogart
 

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