No, I am not kidding. Acting isn't some big deal. The "craft", as you say (oh, brother), is one of the least impressive artistic talents; if not THE least impressive.
And as far as this Hoffman guy, well, I see him in every role he has ever done.
The big sham has been exposed, as I say. Acting is not much of a talent.
We'll just have to agree to disagree.
Put it this way. There are much more talented people walking the streets of any city on any given day, anywhere, than all these glorified "artists" known as actors.
I don't dispute there is a ton of undiscovered talent out there.
Understand, there's a huge difference between "stars" & "actors". Philip was in the latter category.
What a racket it all is. Huge awards shows to "honour" a bunch of people who took the whole drama class schtick too far after high school. Believing in the whole "craft" nonsense.
I never said there was any shortage of egos in the industry. lol
If you understood the craft, you'd know why so many celebrate people's accomplishments in the craft.
"Took the drama class schtick too far after high school?" ...making $100,000K plus per yr in passive residual income from one bloody commercial, making upwards of hundreds of thousands per year in royalties for previous work, and if one excels to certain levels multiple millions of dollars per project?? vs. what? busting your hump labouring for peanuts, or stressed out in an office cubicle for peanuts? Ya right!
I love movies. But the true talent is ALWAYS behind the camera, not in front of it.
There's no shortage of talent behind the camera either. Every day I went to work I was invariably blown away with the incredible talent I got to work with behind the scenes. Some of the most talented, creative, and innovative people work behind the scenes from set designers, costume designers, set decs. The movie going audience often doesn't appreciate what incredible innovative talent exists behind the scenes. Most everytime I walked onto a film set (especially in studio) I was always in awe of the exceptional creative talent that I got to witness first hand, creativity that's often seamlessly lost on the screen. Seeing set designers get into the mind of another, and creating some of the most lavish looking sets on the cheap always blew me away. One of my biggest Holy Cow moments was in viewing the one of the sets created on "The Raven". I couldn't believe what the set designer had pulled off, with the materials used. Seeing it up close, and knowing the actual materials used, ...then seeing the effect on camera was a total mindf**k! Just brilliance!
Don't get me wrong. I'm not one of those people who think it's all highbrow thespian art. It's show business. There's alot of schlock that's simply banged out, paint by numbers, ...others big budget "blockbusters" geared more to the "business" and the "box office" or the "propaganda mill". However, every once in a while, the collaborative, creative process produces some absolute gems.