--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > Only role I've seen Nicholson play in which he wasn't > > ACTING was Eugene O'Neill in Warren Beatty's "Reds." > > Somehow, Beatty made him stop ACTING and got him to > > just *act*, and he turned in a brilliant performance > > in a tiny gem of a part. > > And he got nominated for Best Supporting Actor for it. > > I agree, if your view is Nicholson seems to overact in some roles.
It's more that he's self-consciously ACTING. He's never just the character; he's always Jack Nicholson-playing- the-character. He never seems to lose himself in a role, except for that one time, that I've seen. And he's supposedly a "Method" actor, too. You *never* saw Brando--also a Method actor--being Brando- playing-a-character, even when it was an over-the-top role. He was always subservient to the role itself. He may have been furiously calculating effects every second, but it never *showed*. With Nicholson, you can always see the acting wheels turning. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
