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Richard "RB" Botto
World's Greatest Actor?

Daniel Day Lewis the WORLD'S GREATEST ACTOR (echo, echo, echo) according to TIME. Agree? http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/10/another_time_de.php

Guy Hepworth

C'mon folks, as the diverse reaction shows, this is such a subjective question that everyone will have a different answer! We are in the "Arts" and art is subjective therefore the worlds best actor ca...

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Richard "RB" Botto

At an angle to this topic, but a fun piece of reading nonetheless, here's an interview with the great Christopher Walken: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/dec/02/christopher-walken-interview...

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Greg Marsh

Thanks for this reminder Richard - Christopher Walken is one of those special actors who can make you twist and turn with just a slight facial movement and has never seemed to fall into the trap of st...

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L.M. Butler

Daniel Day- Lewis is one of the greats. Loved him "There Will Be Blood" Not sure if I'd call him 'the' greatest.

Kyle Wilkinson

it is a fair statement. he's the best of his generation.

Durand Saint-Hilaire
How to Wirte Believable (BLACK) Characters OR-and - African American Characters "(?)"

This is something I struggled with over the years - I wrote several screenplays, mini series, and web-series... AND the question I always get and criticism on, is that - that I don't have enough African American characters or they are not the leading roles or why are the ones that I have are so poli...

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Durand Saint-Hilaire

@Bill - I am working on an Online Drama Series... Web Soap! - Pure Drama!

Agatha Hergest

@bill I did include indirectly. Supposing you read something which says that black people are thieves. You happen to be black. Wouldn't you feel aggrieved, even if that thing you read wasn't referring...

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Agatha Hergest

@loralie Sorry to dredge up ancient history, but I'm ashamed to say I've not seen your contribution to this post 'til now. Obviously Shakespeare was writing for an audience which was not overly stuffe...

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LB McGill

yes, that's true, but then the conversation went a little off track and I followed it there :p

Durand Saint-Hilaire

@Richard, thank you - that's exactly what I am doing... and i have to say, its coming along pretty good!!! Loving every aspect of it!!! - "Autumn"

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