Actors who speak their minds are the ones I want to watch
I think those actors, TV or film, who don’t play the game and focus on the acting should be admired, not admonished. And yes, it goes without saying that there are unwritten rules that say actors should behave a certain way and kiss a little arse for reasons X, Y and Z, but staying true to the reasons you are an actor and to yourself in general is part of the risk and reality of living in this questionable modern, progressive world we live in now. And, most important to me, it’s reflected in the roles they choose and how well they play those roles. There is, to me, nothing worse than seeing a strong actor, let alone an exceptional one, have to regurgitate words from a thoughtless and poorly written script. Plus, solid acting and good writing makes even the silliest film more entertaining simply because I’m not distracted by writing that makes no sense or acting that’s painful to watch.
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Besides designing blogs and websites and blogging, I work full time at a book publishing company. Yesterday, I saw a catalog page layout for one of the book publishers of our book distributor who happens to share the same office space as we do. I noticed one of the books for the Fall 2008 schedule was “Heath Ledger: Hollywood’s Dark Star” pending publication by Plexus Publishing in August 2008. I looked up the book on Amazon and noticed that there are also 2 other books pending about Heath Ledger later this year. Some weeks back I read that Ledger’s death has increased interest and anticipation for Batman: 