Re: What makes a great performance to you?
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subtlety. A single tear; not bawling. A smug grin; not a guffaw.
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this somehow made me think of Julia Roberts, who I don't really like, but she is very genuine with her emotions and her movies are good because of that. Is that what you mean?
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Kind of, but I didn't have Julia Roberts in mind. I guess subtlety makes things more real, and there are very few "real" moments in the movies. I mentioned in another thread the scene from Royal Tenenbaums when Stiller starts getting choked up when talking to Hackman. Had he started bawling it would have killed the scene.
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