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The best screen actors of all time

Rated 12 points - posted 14 years ago by jplamas in category Movies.
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Comments:
Totally overrated.
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James Dean Report Abuse
128 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas - 1 comment
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Are you kidding? James Dean should seriously be higher on this list. He was one of the first stars to use Method acting, and even though he only made three films, in my opinion they were all incredible performances. No, he wasn't copying Brando. In Dean's own words, "People were telling me I behaved like Brando before I knew who Brando was!" Did you realize that Dean was dyslexic? That's right. He had a natural gift for improvisation. In sum, I think quality matters more than quantity.
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check her out in "walk the line"
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The woman was a Goddess.
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Love Audrey in Funny Face.
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Breathtaking performance in Dangerous Liaisons - especially a scene near the end of the film in which she has no lines.....
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