Actors get more credit than they deserve.
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The facts:
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*They do not write their own lines. The script writer does.
*They do not choose their own costumes. The costume designer does.
*They do not do their own hair & makeup. The makeup artists do.
*They do not direct their character's personality & motivation. That's the director's job.
*Gone are the days when a few of them did their own stunts, thanks to CG special effects.
*When it comes to movies based on comics, books, & other media, the actor's don;t exactly study up on the character. For that matter, neither does the director or script writer, & you're lucky if the costume designer & makeup artists do.
*When an actor seems awful, it's usualy because he's under the supervision of poor direction & a cheesy script.
*When an actor is good, it's mostly because the director & script writer did a good job.
*Silent movie actors & voice actors have more talent because they are more focused on a single goal & freer to add-lib. (For instance, Mark Hamill as a voice actor would be the best Joker by far).
*A type-casted actor can become great; he knows what's expected of him & the other staff just let him do his thing. (You can't deny that if you put Vincent Price in a horrible movie, he will instantly make it better. & if you put him in a good movie, he won;t drag it down. He's pretty much the same guy in every movie, but if you like him, you'll watch anything he's in).
So just what the hell does an actor really do?
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*Marionette: At any given point in a movie, someone is pulling their strings.
*Talk, though trained voice actors who do nothing but voices are better at this. Having an excelent & memorable voice or being talented with accents can be a make-or-break deal.
*Move: The only strings they pull themselves. Pinocchio's call to being a real boy. Though this is not the case in theatrical plays, where even that is scripted.
*Add-lib: This is what really makes or breaks an actor..that or being associated with more than 1 bad movie with horribly scripted dialog.
Well, cheers to the late Vincent Price. Unlike the typecasted Christopher Reeves (Superman), he didn't cave into suicide. He was in his prime in what I can only call the worst 3 decades of movie making (50s-70s) & didn't have to suffer trying to get a part in the unoriginal Hollywood Shithole that is the 2010s. In most movies he was in, he was probably the only good actor. His acting was consistant & whatever you expected from him, he delivered. He had a look as unforgetable as his voice. & even if most people only remember him as the narrator of Micheal Jackson's Thriller or the old man from Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands," at least he managed to wiggle his way into some good stuff when movies started getting better in the 80s. & it's a pitty he died, because he'd hae made a spot-on Ra's Al Ghul in a Batman Movie.
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The facts:
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*They do not write their own lines. The script writer does.
*They do not choose their own costumes. The costume designer does.
*They do not do their own hair & makeup. The makeup artists do.
*They do not direct their character's personality & motivation. That's the director's job.
*Gone are the days when a few of them did their own stunts, thanks to CG special effects.
*When it comes to movies based on comics, books, & other media, the actor's don;t exactly study up on the character. For that matter, neither does the director or script writer, & you're lucky if the costume designer & makeup artists do.
*When an actor seems awful, it's usualy because he's under the supervision of poor direction & a cheesy script.
*When an actor is good, it's mostly because the director & script writer did a good job.
*Silent movie actors & voice actors have more talent because they are more focused on a single goal & freer to add-lib. (For instance, Mark Hamill as a voice actor would be the best Joker by far).
*A type-casted actor can become great; he knows what's expected of him & the other staff just let him do his thing. (You can't deny that if you put Vincent Price in a horrible movie, he will instantly make it better. & if you put him in a good movie, he won;t drag it down. He's pretty much the same guy in every movie, but if you like him, you'll watch anything he's in).
So just what the hell does an actor really do?
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*Marionette: At any given point in a movie, someone is pulling their strings.
*Talk, though trained voice actors who do nothing but voices are better at this. Having an excelent & memorable voice or being talented with accents can be a make-or-break deal.
*Move: The only strings they pull themselves. Pinocchio's call to being a real boy. Though this is not the case in theatrical plays, where even that is scripted.
*Add-lib: This is what really makes or breaks an actor..that or being associated with more than 1 bad movie with horribly scripted dialog.
Well, cheers to the late Vincent Price. Unlike the typecasted Christopher Reeves (Superman), he didn't cave into suicide. He was in his prime in what I can only call the worst 3 decades of movie making (50s-70s) & didn't have to suffer trying to get a part in the unoriginal Hollywood Shithole that is the 2010s. In most movies he was in, he was probably the only good actor. His acting was consistant & whatever you expected from him, he delivered. He had a look as unforgetable as his voice. & even if most people only remember him as the narrator of Micheal Jackson's Thriller or the old man from Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands," at least he managed to wiggle his way into some good stuff when movies started getting better in the 80s. & it's a pitty he died, because he'd hae made a spot-on Ra's Al Ghul in a Batman Movie.