Sentence examples for great actor in from inspiring English sources

What people seemed to want was a performance: to see the great actor in the flesh, to hear one of his vintage, you-talkin'-to-me one-liners.

But I like having to work at it: it's a reminder that he might be a great actor in the making.

(Cary Grant, the other comparably great actor in the classic era, was British but utterly non-Shakespearean, and he never won one at all). Henry Fonda, nominated only twice, won once, at age seventy-six.

It makes it hard for me to work because I am constantly working under the knowledge of a sense of loss, also mad and sick fantasies that I could have been a "great actor" in the films.

And while James Nesbitt is a great actor, in terms of critical acclaim and awards I am probably considered, rightly or wrongly, a more significant artist than he is.

Hamlet demands a great actor in the lead role – and productions tend to be led by a star name, with audiences drawn to see how he or she will interpret this psychologically complex mountain of a part.

He has many actor friends, too, which no doubt inspired his latest book, Thunder in the Air - Great Actors in Great Roles (£19.99, Oberon Books, published 13 November).

Mr. Plummer did not have to train in a cloistered academy; he trained by appearing with great actors in classic plays for paying audiences.

There are a lot of great actors in this film, even in some of the smaller roles that appear only once or twice.

Both yearned to present great actors in seldom-seen classics as well as challenging new plays, and both felt frustrated by the limitations of the Broadway model.

It's a luxury to work with them, because when they show up it's like casting great actors in a play — they bring a rich world with them.