weirdly both sides of this argument have legitimacy — Olivier famously berated Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man (Hoffman being a method actor) who slapped himself and hyperventilated for a violent scene, by shouting “why don’t you just act, man!?” Personally, I have lost a shitload of respect for method actors vs those who are “craft” actors — if I have to live in a Tibetan monastery for 3 years to portray a Tibetan monk on film, I’m not an actor, I’m now a Tibetan monk
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