Date Posted:14:56:24 07/18/14 Fri Author: Cece Subject: It depends on whether the actor wants to be an actor or a star. Both crave audience approval, but "stars" will feel like failures if they are not getting the adulation, notariety, and top dollar. In theatre there is a saying: There are no small roles, only small actors." (Inside) In reply to:
mkim
's message, "Asking your opinion about something....." on 10:34:10 07/18/14 Fri
Some actors just do well in certain type roles. It's tough if you are a bruiser with a crooked nose and a "Joisy" accent, to play an urbane sophisticate, for e.g.
But the actor's actor has got protean qualities, and can take on just about anything within reason.
"Actors" who become stars, almost by accident, tend to be the types who work in the field for life, taking on a variety of roles in different degrees of importance.
Colin Firth comes to mind. He's been working continually in film all his working life in all different roles, yet he didn't become internationally known until he played Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice,(1994), and it took him another 15 yrs or so to get an Oscar for The King's Speech.
Other "Actors" who have taken on many different roles over the years: Judy Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Juliet Stevenson, Helen Mirren, just for starters.
One example of a Star who played to type, was Meg Ryan. Remember her?
