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Whos your favorite actor or actress?

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Here are some of my favorites, mostly from my generation.
Richard Burton
Judy Garland
John Wayne
Olivia DeHavland
Johnny Depp
Orson Welles
Rod Steiger
Jack Webb (In the old Dragnet series)
Jack Nicholson
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I'm starstruck with Saoirse Ronan. I found her from "The Lovely Bone", my first book read. I also enjoy her performance from "Hanna", "The Way Back" and "City Of Ember".

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Johnny Depp
Kevin Bacon
Mark Nelson
Jim Carrey
Jeff Daniels
Jonah Hill
Michael Cera
Will Ferrel
Paul Rudd
Steve Carell
John Riley
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Cate Blanchett
Hugh Jackman
Simon Baker
Nicole Kidman
Eric Bana
Toni Collette
Geoffrey Rush
Heath Ledger
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Maud Fitch wrote:Cate Blanchett
Heath Ledger
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Humphrey Bogart
James Cagney
Lee Marvin
Robert Mitchum
Judy Garland
Rutger Hauer
Marlon Brando
Marcello Mastroianni
Al Pacino
Clint Eastwood
Richard Burton
Dennis Hopper
James Mason
Claudia Cardinale

Not really into the newish generation of actors..
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Kathy Bates and Robert de Niro rate very highly in my opinion :D
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Maud Fitch wrote:Cate Blanchett
Hugh Jackman
Simon Baker
Nicole Kidman
Eric Bana
Toni Collette
Geoffrey Rush
Heath Ledger
Cate and Eric are in the movie Hanna. They are good.
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Rest_In_Pieces wrote:Humphrey Bogart
James Cagney
Lee Marvin
Robert Mitchum
Judy Garland
Rutger Hauer
Marlon Brando
Marcello Mastroianni
Al Pacino
Clint Eastwood
Richard Burton
Dennis Hopper
James Mason
Claudia Cardinale

Not really into the newish generation of actors..


You must be like me, Im not into the newer actors either. Your list is some of my favorites, too. Altho I never was too crazy about Marlon Brando, Ive only liked a couple of his movies. Lee Marvin and Dennis Hopper are great, did you ever see Nails with Hopper? Thats one of his best. I forgot to add Frank Sinatra, anything he was in was good.
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Bighuey wrote:
Rest_In_Pieces wrote:Humphrey Bogart
James Cagney
Lee Marvin
Robert Mitchum
Judy Garland
Rutger Hauer
Marlon Brando
Marcello Mastroianni
Al Pacino
Clint Eastwood
Richard Burton
Dennis Hopper
James Mason
Claudia Cardinale

Not really into the newish generation of actors..


You must be like me, Im not into the newer actors either. Your list is some of my favorites, too. Altho I never was too crazy about Marlon Brando, Ive only liked a couple of his movies. Lee Marvin and Dennis Hopper are great, did you ever see Nails with Hopper? Thats one of his best. I forgot to add Frank Sinatra, anything he was in was good.
No, I haven't seen that one yet. Been meaning to, though. Yeah, Marvin is the S-H-I-T. Point Blank changed my life, for the utter brutality it pictured. That fight in the bar/strip club(?) is something I'll never forget.
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What? No one mentions William Shatner?! Really? :)
I never liked him until I started watching Boston Legal. I had to watch Boston Legal because of James Spader who is one of my favoritre actors.

But Denny Crane was the role Shatner was born for.

Ian Mckellen, Patrick Stewart, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren.
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Euphoriameantime wrote:What? No one mentions William Shatner?! Really? :)
I never liked him until I started watching Boston Legal. I had to watch Boston Legal because of James Spader who is one of my favoritre actors.

But Denny Crane was the role Shatner was born for.

Ian Mckellen, Patrick Stewart, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren.

William Shatner is still best as Captain James T. Kirk, in my opinion. He's so strong, loyal, able and enlightened in that show, which is also one of my favorites (Trekkie alert!). He almost makes one want to turn gay and erect (wait for it..) a shrine in his honor. Closest thing to a man crush I've ever had. Still, Lauren Bacall remains the ideal (damn, I forgot to mention her!) :wink:
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Johnny Depp
Ewan McGregor
Jim Carey
Leonardo Dicaprio
Julia Roberts
Kate Winslet
Kristen Stewart
Will Ferrell
Nicole Kidman

There are more, but I can't think of them all right now.....
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The actors I most enjoy watching and in no order

William H Macy
Harvey Keitel
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Scarlett Johansson
Brad Pitt
Sean Penn
Sam Rockwell
James Woods
Cate Blanchette
Tilda Swinton
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Maud Fitch wrote:Cate Blanchett
Hugh Jackman
Simon Baker
Nicole Kidman
Eric Bana
Toni Collette
Geoffrey Rush
Heath Ledger
The Australian Film Industry would be proud of you Maud. :lol:
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