and if so why do u think this and if not who is
2007-05-05 18:36:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
James Dean was a good actor. But I'm not sure that you could actually 'label' any one person the greatest of them all. Especially when you consider all of the character actors down through the years and the rich elements they brought to film. I'm not so sure how James Dean would have done with comedy.
I think what James Dean did was bring a new 'style' to acting that hadn't been done before. More subtle. more realistic. It was sort of what the Beatles did for rock and roll. For it's time it was revolutionary and gutsy. This is just my opinion. I'm no expert, just a person who enjoys good movies.
I think Kevin Kline is a superb actor. Even Robin Williams is very good. I am always intrigued with Tommy Lee Jones. He brings a lot of energy to the screen with him. Brad Pitt is really very good also. I have never understood all the hoopla about DeNiro. Meryl Streep was fantastic in Sophie's Choice along w/ K. Klein. And I'll watch anything with Holly Hunter. Robt. Duvall, Anthony Hopkins, George Clooney...they're all good.
2007-05-05 19:08:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You become a lot better than you were if you die young. He was good, very good. But the best ever? No one is good enough to be considered that. I believe in levels. There are plenty of actors who are as good as you can get at the craft.
Gary Oldman, Jack Nicholson, twenty other guys I could rattle off then twenty more I neglected. He didn't live long enough to make a bunch of embarassing movies for the money. He was also a grade A loon and lived in an era where lots of things were covered up. If he had lived I'm sure he would have done some more good work. But he would never have been the legend he is if he died at 84 instead of 24.
2007-05-05 22:06:15 · answer #2 · answered by Big R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont be conscious of the place to procure that his the recent James dean yet initially hes no longer that youthful anymore and 2d of all James dean replaced into an certainly actor no longer in basic terms a face that teenager women like and be conscious of no longer something approximately appearing.
2017-01-09 14:02:40 · answer #3 · answered by oser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simple.. James Dean was far from the best actor ever...
2007-05-06 09:41:51 · answer #4 · answered by column3entertainment 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Not enough roles, no proof he wasn't playing to his limits. Today, based on work range, Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt are probably better (without voting either the best.)
2007-05-05 18:44:48 · answer #5 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not even Marlon Brando gets close to me
2007-05-05 18:40:24 · answer #6 · answered by STA-TOW 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋