Favorite Actor of All Time
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Re: Favorite Actor of All Time
Well, that certainly changes the game. I guess it's my age: I assume, by the use of the word "actor" that males only were intended. I'm afraid that my valuation of actresses is strongly coloured by my attraction to them, and not necessarily their thespic abilities, but then again, I'm probably not alone in that regard. YMMV, etc.
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Favorite actresses? Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren and Kathy Bates.
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An old school role-playing game periodical with a focus on adventure design
Stephen Colbert: “What would you do, when coming up with your character you roll six rolls of three six-sided dice to come up with your character”
Joe Magliano: “There’s a new way now where you roll 4d6 and you take away the lowest.”
Stephen Colbert: “Really? That’s for children!”
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Jane Fonda (duh), Shirley Maclaine, Ingrid Bergman, Rita Hayworth, Rachel Weisz, Julianne Moore, Anna Magnani, Maria Casares, Carole Lombard, Miriam Hopkins
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Re: Favorite Actor of All Time
Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine, Katherine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, Elizabeth Taylor, etc et al...
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Yeah, I'm pretty piggish in that regard, too. Trying to put a filter on it a little bit, my list...ThirstyStirge wrote:I'm afraid that my valuation of actresses is strongly coloured by my attraction to them, and not necessarily their thespic abilities, but then again, I'm probably not alone in that regard.
Fay Wray
Barbara Stanwyck
Audrey Hepburn
Charlize Theron
Nicole Kidman
...and goddamn it, I know she's not the greatest actress, but she may be the single coolest person in the world...
Milla Jovovich
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And I can't believe I forgot:
Annette Benning.
Annette Benning.
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I need to add Sigourney Weaver and Dame Judi Dench to my favorite actress list.
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The Twisting Stair
An old school role-playing game periodical with a focus on adventure design
Stephen Colbert: “What would you do, when coming up with your character you roll six rolls of three six-sided dice to come up with your character”
Joe Magliano: “There’s a new way now where you roll 4d6 and you take away the lowest.”
Stephen Colbert: “Really? That’s for children!”
An old school role-playing game periodical with a focus on adventure design
Stephen Colbert: “What would you do, when coming up with your character you roll six rolls of three six-sided dice to come up with your character”
Joe Magliano: “There’s a new way now where you roll 4d6 and you take away the lowest.”
Stephen Colbert: “Really? That’s for children!”
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Ooh, good call on Barbara Stanwyck. Put her on my list in place of Maria Casares. I wanted to include Nicole Kidman, but couldn't bring myself to because she's made way too many mediocre-to-bad movies. But when she's at the top of her game - like in Dead Calm, To Die For, The Portrait of a Lady, Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge!, The Others, The Hours, Birth, Rabbit Hole, and Stoker - she fully deserves it.
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Just realized that today is Olivia de Havilland's 100th birthday!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland
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I'm a big fan of Errol Flynn. The two of them starred together in eight different films. The six of those I've seen are all good, esp. Captain Blood and Adventures of Robin Hood:Welleran wrote:Just realized that today is Olivia de Havilland's 100th birthday!
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I watched the first half of Captain Blood last night. Will be watching the rest tonight.
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I always thought those films were awesome but she was just ok (hot, yes). But then I saw her in The Snake Pit and realized was a tremendous talent she had. Her and her sister, Joan Fontaine.
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Jeff Bridges should be added just because of His Dudeness.
Jody Foster has always been a favorite actress of mine too.
Far too many actors & actresses to mention, but these two hadn't been mentioned in any posts yet, so I thought I'd lump in.
Jody Foster has always been a favorite actress of mine too.
Far too many actors & actresses to mention, but these two hadn't been mentioned in any posts yet, so I thought I'd lump in.
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Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery, Sean Bean, Christopher Walken, Karl Urban, Charlize Theron, Maureen O'Hara, Kate Blanchett, Famke Jansen, Jane Seymour, etc...