Lang Lang compares the best pianos to great actors for their ability to convey extremes of emotion and attitude.
This has led to criticism that her plays are banal and middle of the road; that they're dependent on the interpretation of great actors for their success.
The rhetorical silliness also spread through the locker rooms, with Stevenson accusing the Heat stars of being "great actors" (for allegedly exaggerating fouls) and Terry declaring that James could not continue to guard him.
That corollary is the power of great directors to turn mediocre, stiff, and charisma-deprived actors or even utter amateurs into great actors for the duration of a single movie.
An executive involved in the production, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss tour plans, said the producers had been mulling a national tour for months and lined up "some great actors" for the possible production.
I even wondered if he'd been preparing for this moment, like a great actor preparing for a part.
"We have a great actor tipped for the central part".
There is, I suspect, a great actor here longing for a great director.
"You see 'em, they're real people, right there!" What would have made him a good engineer is also what makes him a great actor: his zeal for hands-on, physical engagement.
