What exactly is method acting and what is the opposite of it?

Question

I just read the term somewhere and have read all the wikipedia stuff, multiple articles, reddit posts, discussions, etc, but I just don’t understand what method acting is? What else can actually be there? Don’t all actors try to feel pain when they’re in a role where they have to act hurt?

I am not really looking for the history behind it, but maybe an example of a scene and the different ways as to how a method actor would approach it vs how a normal actor would approach it.

Thanks!

Edit – I know this is not the most scientific or complex phenomenon to understand, but still.

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Answer 1

To put it as simply as possible. A lot of method actors don’t break camera when the cameras stop rolling. An example would be Daniel Day Lewis as Lincoln. He asked everyone on set to refer to him as “Mr.President” including Spielberg. When George Clooney was making Ocean’s 11 he did t have anyone on set refer to him as Danny Ocean except for when they were filming a scene.