The Method Acting Thread

[Poya]

Look, I’m bored, so I decided to create a thread about my favorite acting style: method acting. Whether it’s Stanislavsky, Adler, Strasberg, etc, I feel method actors are much better than the acting of the old age. Granted, this is just my opinion and what matters is how good the performance is, no matter how you go with it, but I feel this type of acting really brings truth to these performances, and whether it’s being in character in or out of filming or going through a massive weight change, these techniques create a level of immersion for the audience. The majority of the best actors of all time happen to be method actors, so it’s not exactly a style to take lightly.

So, that being said, let’s discuss method acting. Is it your preferred style? What do you like or dislike
about it? And if you want to, list any actor(s) (male or female, of course) you believe to be of the Method, be it Stanislavsky, Adler, Strasberg, etc. Then list an example(s) of what makes them a method actor. Now keep in mind: just because an actor may have used any of these techniques only once in their lives, it doesn’t make them a method actor, nor does simply doing research for a role.

i.e. Al Pacino - Studied under Strasberg. During Serpico, Pacino would sometimes go in character to different neighborhoods, some of them dangerous. One story has it that Pacino was so in character that he pulled over a truck driver and threatened to arrest him for exhaust pollution.