Strega read my mind.And I'm appalled by what goes on in there! Yet I cannot look away...
But good point. In Smith's case I guess we have to substitute "eyebrow wiggling" for "speaking".
Angel: You're lying. Gwen: I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier.
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Strega - Jul 26, 2006 5:57:04 am PDT #3134 of 10001
Gris - Jul 26, 2006 6:08:10 am PDT #3135 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Let's just hope Sofia Coppola doesn't join that list...
Jessica - Jul 26, 2006 6:09:01 am PDT #3136 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Except for the first two, the rest of the list were performers before they became directors.
Not Zach Braff, but that's going back to college.
Aims - Jul 26, 2006 6:16:58 am PDT #3137 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Kevin Smith
Well, technically, that's not speaking.
Heh.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 26, 2006 6:51:56 am PDT #3138 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Believe me, if A Sound of Thunder is an indication of what Ed Burns movies will be like when he makes a choice between acting or directing, we want him pulling double duty.
Hayden - Jul 26, 2006 6:58:12 am PDT #3139 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
...at the Dairy Queen.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2006 6:58:36 am PDT #3140 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's not the hubris of casting yourself that bothers me--it's how you cast yourself that counts, and from all the telling of it, it's a thinly veiled Mary Sue.
Being the misunderstood guy that gets the marvellous girl is more palatable a wish fulfillment scenario for me than the writer who's of tremendous importance to world peace and whatever.
Strega - Jul 26, 2006 6:59:15 am PDT #3141 of 10001
the rest of the list were performers before they became directors.
Does that make a difference? If it's okay to use your success as an actor to try directing, why isn't it okay to use your success as a director to try acting?
Even if you limit it to people who were directors "first", are Shymalan's acting indulgences that notable? Because I feel like he's taken a disproportionate amount of flak for it.
(Thank you for adding Tarantino, I don't know how he slipped my mind.)
Hayden - Jul 26, 2006 6:59:53 am PDT #3142 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I think ita's hit the nail on the head as far as I can see. Messianic complex plus persecution complex minus talent equals douchebag.
bon bon - Jul 26, 2006 7:01:36 am PDT #3143 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Does that make a difference? If it's okay to use your success as an actor to try directing, why isn't it okay to use your success as a director to try acting?
Probably because a director has the power to cast himself as an actor, and not the reverse.