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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 2, 2024 12:49:56 GMT
I always say that a big part of the "Brando GOAT aura" is that he - at times - had a kind of disdain for acting or if you're being less nice, a laziness..........certainly Rourke would apply in that way too........does it matter to you? Does an actor need to "care more"? Does it make them "better" to care more?
Can you think of other examples - I'm not talking about bad experienes on a specific movie - I'm looking for "acting is stupid type stuff"  |
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Post by Nikan on Mar 2, 2024 13:27:52 GMT
Mitchum didn't think very highly of it (or himself, don't remember exactly).  |
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Post by futuretrunks on Mar 2, 2024 17:16:23 GMT
If you don't respect acting, don't do it. This poseury "I'm above it" stuff is childish.
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Post by wallsofjericho on Mar 2, 2024 19:05:55 GMT
Anthony Hopkins said to Brad Pitt actors are stupid. Hopkins, despite being a master actor, doesn't take it seriously at all.
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Post by stabcaesar on Mar 2, 2024 19:08:32 GMT
If you don't respect acting, don't do it. This poseury "I'm above it" stuff is childish. Did any of them say they were above it? They could just think that it's not a particularly useful skill beyond a means to make money. How many people really like their job anyway? |
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Post by futuretrunks on Mar 2, 2024 20:39:12 GMT
If you don't respect acting, don't do it. This poseury "I'm above it" stuff is childish. Did any of them say they were above it? They could just think that it's not a particularly useful skill beyond a means to make money. How many people really like their job anyway? Literally any job can be treated with derision. If you're a millionaire actor who has contempt for acting, why keep doing it? Why not go practice a "useful" metier now that you're financially secure? It just smacks of someone trying to appear more profound than they are. "Look at me, I'm so damn real and down to earth, I got more in common with firefighters and teachers and shit! People who do real jobs!" |
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 2, 2024 22:58:02 GMT
Did any of them say they were above it? They could just think that it's not a particularly useful skill beyond a means to make money. How many people really like their job anyway? Literally any job can be treated with derision. If you're a millionaire actor who has contempt for acting, why keep doing it? Why not go practice a "useful" metier now that you're financially secure? Well, some do......... Rourke quit for a bit.........was a boxer  |
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Post by stabcaesar on Mar 3, 2024 9:24:47 GMT
Did any of them say they were above it? They could just think that it's not a particularly useful skill beyond a means to make money. How many people really like their job anyway? Literally any job can be treated with derision. If you're a millionaire actor who has contempt for acting, why keep doing it? Why not go practice a "useful" metier now that you're financially secure? It just smacks of someone trying to appear more profound than they are. "Look at me, I'm so damn real and down to earth, I got more in common with firefighters and teachers and shit! People who do real jobs!" Who would think they have too much money? |
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Post by SeanJoyce on Mar 4, 2024 23:49:02 GMT
I went back and forth on if he qualifies for what you're looking for, and ultimately think it does if you look at him from a bit of a different perspective...Burt Reynolds. Now, Reynolds was never lazy about working, but he got far too comfortable playing his "lovable, fun-having good ole boy" shtick in B-movie fare because he didn't want to lose his fanbase or stretch his acting muscles. The amount of plum roles Reynolds turned down is legendary, but perhaps none more so than Terms of Endearment, which was written for him and which he would have smashed out the park. Instead, he opted to Stoker Ace  When he finally took an A-movie role ( Boogie Nights), he killed it, but proceeded to deride his work, the movie, and PTA. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 5, 2024 0:06:41 GMT
I went back and forth on if he qualifies for what you're looking for, and ultimately think it does if you look at him from a bit of a different perspective...Burt Reynolds. Now, Reynolds was never lazy about working, but he got far too comfortable playing his "lovable, fun-having good ole boy" shtick in B-movie fare because he didn't want to lose his fanbase or stretch his acting muscles. The amount of plum roles Reynolds turned down is legendary, but perhaps none more so than Terms of Endearment, which was written for him and which he would have smashed out the park. Instead, he opted to Stoker Ace When he finally took an A-movie role ( Boogie Nights), he killed it, but proceeded to deride his work, the movie, and PTA. Good one ^ ..........if Reynolds got nodded for Starting Over (I think both co-stars did?) it may have put him on a different path actually........instead he's kind of like Charlie in Mean Streets getting dragged down by his very own Johnny Boy (Hal Needham)  |
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When he finally took an A-movie role (Boogie Nights), he killed it, but proceeded to deride his work, the movie, and PTA.
