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For Streep, at least years ago before she became such an awards winner, etc, it was ,perhaps, to simply prove to the older stable of actors/actresses from the studio era(e.g. Bette Davis or Katherine Hepburn) that she had talent.
Hepburn once said about Streep, "you can see the wheels turning" meaning that Streep's technique was robotic and mechanical.
Well, maybe she heard that remark and decided to change things! Obviously she did and it worked
Hepburn had a lot of nerve saying that. All she ever played was Hepburn (with the possible exception of The Lion In Winter, where for once she didn't come off like some old New England Preppy with attitude). Streep has taken a lot more risks than she ever did.
Yup. Sour grapes is sour grapes, even when they come from an icon.
Bette Davis could inhabit a character. So can Meryl Streep. Katharine Hepburn never could. She acheived fame not by talent, but by cult of personality ie John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Marlene Dietrich et al.
I've often wondered just how many people who have never acted, could put on an Oscar-wining performance for the right amount of $$.
Let's say you're offered a role of pretending you're in love with a character you find repulsive, and you have to go to bed with him and show pleasure in it, and if offered $2 million, where you never had to work again, what kind of performance could we expect?
I took a class one time, Acting for the Non-Professional, and at the end of class we were to invite friends/family to the show we were to put on. I had one line, was to run out on stage and point to the over-hanging light bulb to exclaim: Look at that moon! and I even screwed that one up, pointing elsewhere than the light bulb. Now! If someone had offered me money, as an incentive, I think I would have wowed the audience with quite a performance!
Always wondered, how much of a factor is the money?
One of my professional classmates (he was in theater for that was going to be his life while I was just doing it for fun) once told me, "Tamara, I can never tell when you are acting and when you are not.".
I've often wondered just how many people who have never acted, could put on an Oscar-wining performance for the right amount of $$.
Let's say you're offered a role of pretending you're in love with a character you find repulsive, and you have to go to bed with him and show pleasure in it, and if offered $2 million, where you never had to work again, what kind of performance could we expect?
I took a class one time, Acting for the Non-Professional, and at the end of class we were to invite friends/family to the show we were to put on. I had one line, was to run out on stage and point to the over-hanging light bulb to exclaim: Look at that moon! and I even screwed that one up, pointing elsewhere than the light bulb. Now! If someone had offered me money, as an incentive, I think I would have wowed the audience with quite a performance!
Always wondered, how much of a factor is the money?
I'm sure this happens a lot. I've even heard anecdotes about A-list stars having a lousy script foisted on them by their agent, only to say something like, "Oh, hell, tell 'em I'll do it for $15MM", just to get them off his/her back. Lo and behold, the producers meet their demand, and they're trapped.
Besides, not every actor is financially solvent when such opportunities present themselves. There are tons of mediocre films with otherwise brilliant actors in them out there; I used to wonder, "why did they lend their considerable talents to that piece of crap?" Then you'd hear the same actors say offhandedly in an interview, "Oh, yeah; that dog paid for my place in Maui." I'm in no position to judge them; besides, when an actual gem lands in their lap (think Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump or Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs), a shrewd actor demands points in lieu of money up front and makes real money.
As for your moment in the spotlight, why you sly dog. You sound like a bonafide scene stealer to me. Reminds me of Auntie Mame's star turn in Midsummer Madness.
Kids act and pretend. Acting is different than music, painting, literature, etc. Only adult people with personality disorders or other psychological issues, driving them, can become accomplished in careers as professional liars imo. The actors who do it for the money are the sanest of the bunch.
Last edited by glenninindy; 06-30-2019 at 07:06 AM..
Kids act and pretend. Acting is different than music, painting, literature, etc. Only adult people with personality disorders or other psychological issues, driving them, can become accomplished in careers as professional liars imo. The actors who do it for the money are the sanest of the bunch.
I think I'll leave this one alone.
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