Alby39 wrote:
keyser soze wrote:
Although he has a great screen presence, Robert De Niro is a shit actor.
What qualifies a good actor though? As someone who studied activities g for many years - it's an interesting debate we had many times
Yeah, that's a good question. For me, a good actor can slip the bonds of his/her personality and can make you believe they actually are a different person. De Niro is always De Nero, even when he's been praised for gaining weight or whatever.
Don't get me wrong, I love to watch him and he's been the heart of several of the greatest films of all time. But to me he's like (but the apex example of) actors like Michael Caine and John Wayne. All three are giants of cinema and I love most of their work.
But they are not great actors.#boldclaim
I've never thought much of Michael Caine as an actor. One dimensional.