The pertinent question: do I even have a favorite actor or actress? Is there any one person who can bring me into the theater (or stops me from turning the channel)?
I went back and forth on a number of modern choices: Steve Buscemi's oddball charm is almost always entertaining; Nicholas Cage acting on screen is like a high speed car chase (that ends in a flaming wreck half the time); and Sam Rockwell just quietly steals movies away from established movie stars.
But in the end, I had to go with Cary Grant, because he was great for comedy and suspense, he was a favorite of Hawks and Hitchcock, and he starred in more classic movies than anybody else I could name. Pick one? Sure...
[Moves finger over list of classic movies from 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, with eyes closed]
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Date: 2020-09-18 04:20 am (UTC)I went back and forth on a number of modern choices: Steve Buscemi's oddball charm is almost always entertaining; Nicholas Cage acting on screen is like a high speed car chase (that ends in a flaming wreck half the time); and Sam Rockwell just quietly steals movies away from established movie stars.
But in the end, I had to go with Cary Grant, because he was great for comedy and suspense, he was a favorite of Hawks and Hitchcock, and he starred in more classic movies than anybody else I could name. Pick one? Sure...
[Moves finger over list of classic movies from 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, with eyes closed]
That one!
https://youtu.be/F25nzu6hh0Q