Once the setup is established, the characters have nowhere to go, despite the actors' commanding efforts.
Thus established, these characters have nowhere to go, despite the actors' commanding efforts.
It was the first time that I had seen a great actor command an audience in that way.
Each actor commanded a big fee; according to reports, Sir Anthony received a very big $1.2 million.
She has always been a considerable actor, commanding, if maybe a little reserved, and that serves her well here.
The actor commands the screen as a drug and alcohol abuser who reunites with her family for a holiday gathering after a year of absence.
After a promising but tentative Broadway debut last year in A Normal Heart, the preternaturally boyish actor commands the stage in a surprisingly offhanded way.
Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said the actors coped "faultlessly" with what were difficult roles; he called Spacey's performance "the energy that drives the film", saying the actor commanded audience involvement despite Lester's not always being sympathetic.
Acclaimed for his work in TV's Slings and Arrows and Due South, the actor commands the stage in the role originated by Coward himself, and it doesn't hurt that he's gorgeous besides.
Actors who command higher salaries, he contends, should be paid solely by private funding, as determined solely by their "commercial value".
