Gee, he's crying! Brando talked about how Steiger liked to cry and how they did 7 takes of the taxi scene because of it. As far as using yourself to play the character, Spencer Tracy did that in the 30s. When he talks about performing, he reminds me of Jerry Lewis who admitted that when he opens the fridge and the light comes on, he did a show!
Rod's quite scary the way he shout-talks. Although I found his insights on acting to be very interesting and articulate, I much prefer Olivier's less high-flown or egotistic view of it being something mainly technical - a craft, rather than an art.
And I pretty much second what johnsammyanfal said. Rod gave some great performances, though others of his were marred by overacting or too much intensity. Still, bless him for owning up that he was a bit of a ham.
Acting is 'communicating' an emotion with an audience not just being emotional -and that requires technique and timing. Steiger was an excellent actor - particularly in delivering lines and scenes involving intense anger and pathos. However he tended to overact out emotions, which made him a bit hammy. In his declining years he lost much of his youthful intensity and the limitations in his technique became more obvious. Method actors tend to get tired.
@johnsammyanfal Excellent observation! After he won his Oscar he seemed hell bent on ruining his career by making bad movies including Waterloo. By the early 70s he was finished. Brando's technique was never more visible than in his final scene in The Score when he's begging De Niro to save his ass. His stumbling, broken speech and attempts to be 'spontaneous' were painfully obvious.
Highwaters.
ghostdog2041 1 month ago
I really like his style of acting. Intense!!!
gizzytiersen 3 months ago
Steiger was a terrific actor but a little uh, weepy, shall we say? Gifted man, though
strangersname 6 months ago in playlist Acting Classes
Gee, he's crying! Brando talked about how Steiger liked to cry and how they did 7 takes of the taxi scene because of it. As far as using yourself to play the character, Spencer Tracy did that in the 30s. When he talks about performing, he reminds me of Jerry Lewis who admitted that when he opens the fridge and the light comes on, he did a show!
1915fas 7 months ago
This guy is class
Spiritualseeker2007 7 months ago
oh man bob costas is so damn lucky.
lovemusicsomuch 10 months ago
Rod's quite scary the way he shout-talks. Although I found his insights on acting to be very interesting and articulate, I much prefer Olivier's less high-flown or egotistic view of it being something mainly technical - a craft, rather than an art.
And I pretty much second what johnsammyanfal said. Rod gave some great performances, though others of his were marred by overacting or too much intensity. Still, bless him for owning up that he was a bit of a ham.
rockhammer85 10 months ago
Good stuff!
ScottBrenner1 10 months ago
Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!!
Wow!!!
WeeWeeIII 1 year ago
Acting is 'communicating' an emotion with an audience not just being emotional -and that requires technique and timing. Steiger was an excellent actor - particularly in delivering lines and scenes involving intense anger and pathos. However he tended to overact out emotions, which made him a bit hammy. In his declining years he lost much of his youthful intensity and the limitations in his technique became more obvious. Method actors tend to get tired.
johnsammyanfal 1 year ago
@johnsammyanfal Excellent observation! After he won his Oscar he seemed hell bent on ruining his career by making bad movies including Waterloo. By the early 70s he was finished. Brando's technique was never more visible than in his final scene in The Score when he's begging De Niro to save his ass. His stumbling, broken speech and attempts to be 'spontaneous' were painfully obvious.
1915fas 7 months ago
De Niro and Pacino lie awake imagining even coming close to this guys ability.
TROUSERFLAP 1 year ago
@TROUSERFLAP true
skinwalkerxxx 1 year ago
@TROUSERFLAP agree some what rod and daniel day lewis are th best actors ever end of story
ThePhil909 1 year ago