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Do you like to be entertained by people acting?

I enjoy seeing the occasional flick.

Cinema and TV never fascinated me... *shrugs* my favorite film has no human actors.

Depends on the storyline behind it.

Do you like to be entertained by people acting?

So long as they can, in fact, act. :)

Yes. I very much appreciate a good acting performance. I see pretty much every well-reviewed movie that comes out in theatres and I'm slowly but surely working my way though the classics on DVD. They're not all easy to get ahold of. I really need to get around to getting a credit card so I can check out that whole Net-Flix thing.

. I really need to get around to getting a credit card so I can check out that whole Net-Flix thing.
It's fairly choice.

I have a love hate thing with actors, but that's because I'm a playwright and I need them in order for my work to be anything other than that thing I did, but I can't stand next to them with a cattle prod and make them say the right words.

What they do to a work is really quite remarkable, actually. You only need to see truly bad acting to understand what good acting can do for a script. And since playwrighting/screenwriting is kind of the lazy writing (I can't bring this text to life, you do it.), they really are necessary, and it can be cool to watch.

So long as they can, in fact, act. :)

STELLA!!!! (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5426895443944507519&q=Streetcar+named+desire+Stella%21&total=26&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=8)

I am an actor.

So its more of a self esteem question for you

I am an actor.

So its more of a self esteem question for you
A fellow playwright once described actors as 'insecure extroverts,' which made me laugh for about half an hour...

Cinema and TV never fascinated me... *shrugs* my favorite film has no human actors.Okay, you got me! What film is that?

A fellow playwright once described actors as 'insecure extroverts,' which made me laugh for about half an hour...

That's actually a fairly accurate discription.

Okay, you got me! What film is that?

The Bear?

I could live without most actors; at least without film actors; we need stage performers still.

Stage (or any kind of live performance) acting takes talent; more talent than with a film because there is pressure to perform and you've got to do it well. Film you get to do many, many takes...

The Bear?Or maybe that penguin one...

Coming from an Actor, we definitely are extroverts. We aren't insecure.

You sure about that?

Coming from an Actor, we definitely are extroverts. We aren't insecure.

No matter what piece off dross they happen to be starring in at that time, there's nothing so enjoyable as watching a good Shakespearian actor like your Jacobis or Mckellans really going to town with the part, hamming it up and having a good time.

It's fairly choice.
And since playwrighting/screenwriting is kind of the lazy writing (I can't bring this text to life, you do it.), they really are necessary, and it can be cool to watch.


Whoever says Screenwriting is a lazy form of writing clearly hasn't written a screenplay.

as for actors, dependes, if they are just annoying morons like Tom Cruise or Paris Hitlon then no, but if they are Actors that act and don't make complete fools out of themselves then I like them

The Bear?

Or maybe that penguin one...

both had humans acting in them.

infact, if it had a narrator, that's an actor. a voice actor, but an actor nonetheless. ;)

both had humans acting in them.

infact, if it had a narrator, that's an actor. a voice actor, but an actor nonetheless. ;)

exactly

both had humans acting in them.

infact, if it had a narrator, that's an actor. a voice actor, but an actor nonetheless. ;)
I hate you.

I hate you.

aww... sowwy...

peace (http://www.starz.com/features/bunnyclub/march_of_the_penguins/index.html)?

aww... sowwy...

peace (http://www.starz.com/features/bunnyclub/march_of_the_penguins/index.html)?

...well... okay. There were bunnies afterall.
I still demand answers - not technicalities.

...well... okay. There were bunnies afterall.
I still demand answers - not technicalities.

I to await what movie has no human actors in it.

I like Actresses. Pretty ones.

As an aspiring actor I should like other actors but to be honest a lot of them are not very great people.

Do you like to be entertained by people acting?

It depends on who is acting.

I to await what movie has no human actors in it.

I suppose if it was some sort of documentary, they wouldn't be actors per se.

why yes I do.

zomg! This thread is part of a Communist Conspiracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why, yes. Yes I do...I think that an individual who is a first rate actor is a rare commodity, and I fully appreciate their skills, and find myself entertained by them.

I suppose if it was some sort of documentary, they wouldn't be actors per se. not unless there was a narrator, a central talker. that would still be considered 'Acting'.

Well, they make for good neighbours, anyway...

not unless there was a narrator, a central talker. that would still be considered 'Acting'.

So Michael Moore is an actor, too? Actually, no. A narrator isn't an actor.

zomg! This thread is part of a Communist Conspiracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yep. ;)

I am an actor.

*Throws tomato*

Nah, just kidding. :p

STELLA!!!! (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5426895443944507519&q=Streetcar+named+desire+Stella%21&total=26&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=8)

Brando's always a favorite. "Greatest Actor Ever" I'm not so sure, but he was good. :p

what if you act in a mirror?

one of my best friends is an actor, i find holywood actors entirely annoying though and completely undeserving of the celebrity they enjoy.

So Michael Moore is an actor, too? Actually, no. A narrator isn't an actor.

If they're telling a story that is fictional, they become an actor.

Actors are the only people I like. Sort of.

what kind of actors?

Yes. Yes I do.

I prefer live theatre and opera to film actors, myself. But I do like both...it's just that I find live performances to be much more enthralling than ones recorded on film.

Cinema and TV never fascinated me... *shrugs* my favorite film has no human actors.

That doesn't answer the question.

Well, they make for good neighbours, anyway...

If you're referring to the gay couple downstairs and all that noisy, wall-shaking sex they had, yeah they were great neighbours.

Except for the gut-wrenching feelings of envy of course.

Whoever says Screenwriting is a lazy form of writing clearly hasn't written a screenplay.


I said it, and I have. I was being glib, lighten up.

what kind of actors?Any kind of actors.

Only if they're hot.

Movies bore me otherwise.

I married one. He hasn't really been in anything great yet, well, one thing that has the potential to be great but could also be really really bad, can't tell until I see it because watching them film it has absolutely nothing to do with the finished product, found that out with his last film, the concept was great, the acting was great, the editing was crap........which ruined my viewing experience.

I married one. He hasn't really been in anything great yet, well, one thing that has the potential to be great but could also be really really bad, can't tell until I see it because watching them film it has absolutely nothing to do with the finished product, found that out with his last film, the concept was great, the acting was great, the editing was crap........which ruined my viewing experience.

Which movie?

In other words, the MPAA saw it and made recommendations about that should be 'edited' and the production/editing crew made the cuts that fucked over the film.

actually no. It was an independent film (which most people don't count as "real movies" but I will get into that rant another time) and they cut out some scenes that I felt should have been left in, but I am way over critical. Also, the camera guy was teh suck apparently because he cut off hubby's head like twice, caught the boom mike like 4 times and shook like he was coming down off a crack binge.

Which movie?

not telling. ;)

They're OK... Couldn't eat a whole one.


Also: *Insert Shakespeare Quote Here*

actually no. It was an independent film (which most people don't count as "real movies" but I will get into that rant another time) and they cut out some scenes that I felt should have been left in, but I am way over critical. Also, the camera guy was teh suck apparently because he cut off hubby's head like twice, caught the boom mike like 4 times and shook like he was coming down off a crack binge.

your husband was in an m night shyamalan movie? i thought he only shot in pennsyvania!

Yes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgJZAWQGFfE)

I like actors because they're great people to get on with. If my current plans fall through (e.g don't get into university) then I may try and get into acting. Just start small in a couple of local productions or something though I have no idea of how to go about it...

Yes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgJZAWQGFfE)

Man, I dig Gene Wilder...

Man, I dig Gene Wilder...

Doesn't everybody?

Doesn't everybody?

I'm sure there are miscreants (no way! I totally guessed how to spell that) out there, but that's only because they don't know any better...