In his undergraduate years at Loras College, Rabe submerged himself in creative writing and in theatre and became a proficient actor.
Though she was a proficient actor, and won some early recognition for her work on the stage, other people's dramas were less absorbing than those she made from her own experiences.
The actors are proficient, but there's no chemistry between the antagonists, and the stage-managed situation fails to sizzle.
Today, many actors – like the proficient George Clooney –acquire their training in television.
Would he, the actor wondered, become proficient enough to create the illusion of the puppet making eye contact, a behavioral detail that is a point of pride with the Muppet workshop?
"They are lone actors but often more proficient than actors who we may see at the other end of the terrorist spectrum," Charles Farr, the director general of the Office for Security and Counterterrorism, was quoted as saying in The Times of London.
Mr. Machado, no actor, mostly mustered a proficient sound, though how he managed to render so unaffecting a "Cielo e mar" was a mystery.
I find it totally extraordinary and fascinating,' she enthuses, like a genuine fan, 'because there are some actors who are so technically proficient, but you can always see the acting.
The performances are one problem: the young actors in "Alien Swarm" are proficient, but none are as funny and engaging as Selena Gomez in "Wizards of Waverly Place" or Kelly Blatz in the Disney XD channel's coming film "Skyrunners".
In the words of critic Elaine Mancini, Duvall was "the most technically proficient, the most versatile, and the most convincing actor on the screen in the United States".
