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Originally Posted by bopha
I have always thought he was a superior actor. Makes me wonder how actors like Tom Cruise or freaking Julia Roberts get so much recognition. Growing up, I saw actors like Sissy Spacek, Merrill Streep who weren't afraid to get their hands dirty. Jack is a real actor in that sense. I loved him in the Departed, yes.. but just watched One Flew over the cuckoo's nest again and realized just how much of a real actor he is. That movie stars a lot of great actors who went on to be famous, yet the characters all feel real. Not like watching Jennifer Aniston or the like "act".
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MTV generation of actors have now become the 'old school'. Part of the reason British actors have tended to be good in the past was that most of them came from extensive stage backgrounds and had to know how to act. That is disappearing in the UK and in the Hollywood world the actors of the Nicholson generation and back had to have a similar level of talent rather than just look good on the poster. Not that there hasn't always been 'crumpet' in films but most of the ones that lasted had real talent.
I am glad to hear that I am not the only one that doesn't get Julia Roberts. I have never 'bought' her in a role. The one role where I nearly 'bought' her she won the Oscar. Plus, she looks like her brother in drag.