Post by pacinoyes on Oct 28, 2021 19:59:17 GMT
I've said this before but it's a false distinction to make:
You can be a great actor who never did theater (Jack Nicholson) and you can be a great actor who started in theater (Al Pacino). One is not better than another just on that distinction - you don't "need" theater to be great .......but the actor who returns to the theater (and that's sure af not DDL who hasn't set foot on a stage in 30+ years) has a big advantage over those who stopped because he (or she) is continually sharpening his / her instrument and expanding their skill set.
Actors who don't do theater periodically.........tend to ........retire (early) or they get bored..........or they get boring. If you look at the best performances given by older actors - Olivier in Marathon Man (69) Hopkins in The Father (80+), Pacino in YDK Jack (70), Washington in Macbeth (67 - apparently, haven't seen it yet) whatever - they are more often than not consistent theater actors (not exclusively but more often).
This current generation in their 40s (ie Phoenix, DiCap, Bale all not theater actors)......are basically trying to swerve that "pattern".....
