Method actors, for instance, can produce radiant smiles by force of imagination, just as they produce hot tears, shrieks of terror, gusts of indignation, and blasts of rage.
The whole thing reads with the speed and pace of a screenplay, and when it makes it to the big screen (as it is bound to), any method actor searching for their "hook" won't have to look far: the girl wants to be a star, the rappers want their money, the Russians want some respect, and Chili, well, Chili wants to see how things are going to turn out.
The stately, magnificent ballad Geraldine, meanwhile, is dedicated to the method actor Geraldine Page, famed for playing beleaguered-but-tough leads in the works of Tennessee Williams and others.
Indeed, her typical directorial day seems to have been devised by an overly zealous Method actor as preparation for her role as a beleaguered and barely solvent single mom.
It is the visual artist's version of the method actor's drill for nurturing an immersive empathy with his subject by inhabiting his character even when she is off the set or stage.
A method actor, he is known for his attention to detail and devotion to the roles he plays.
(Method actors study for years to achieve this kind of understanding.) His Sherman Klump has reserves of modesty and charm, with a mellow bass chuckle that radiates contentment.
The Method actor won the same award for his turn in 2007's "There Will Be Blood".
The method actor once gained 60 pounds for a role (to play Mark David Chapman in "Chapter 27") and then lost almost 40 for another (his Oscar-winning turn as Rayon in "Dallas Buyers Club").
