I was just reading an interview with her and she was asked about being scottish, and she burst into tears

is that her own arm grabbing her shoulder in the bit from Blindness?

x a billion @ 1:17

seriously though, I have failed to see the big deal about this woman's acting. she & Kate Winslet, to me they just over do every damned thing it's irritating.

every crying scene from them is like

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I think she's fantastic. It takes raw talent to be able to cry on cue like that, definately an accomplished actress.

PanthaGirl said:

I think she's fantastic. It takes raw talent to be able to cry on cue like that, definately an accomplished actress.

It's not that difficult, actually. You just have to prepare correctly.

That said, johnart and I always say Ms. Moore plays a mess better than pretty much anyone.

Genesia said:

PanthaGirl said:

I think she's fantastic. It takes raw talent to be able to cry on cue like that, definately an accomplished actress.

It's not that difficult, actually. You just have to prepare correctly.

That said, johnart and I always say Ms. Moore plays a mess better than pretty much anyone.

so do you just think of really sad stuff? like when your kitten died when you were a kid because you stepped on it?

I've misjudged her talent for long until I watched Magnolia and Boogie Nights.

The women def deserves the accolades, in fact, I'd go outta my way and say she's underrated comparing to her peers. Love her, and I wished her role in A Single Man was longer

Kate Winslet on the other hand never could figure her fame out or that talking glamorous corpse, Nicole Kidman.

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I just saw her in Chloe

Harlepolis said:

I've misjudged her talent for long until I watched Magnolia and Boogie Nights.

The women def deserves the accolades, in fact, I'd go outta my way and say she's underrated comparing to her peers. Love her, and I wished her role in A Single Man was longer

Kate Winslet on the other hand never could figure her out or that talking glamorous corpse, Nicole Kidman.

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Kate's the ever-loving BOMB.

I really highly recommend the move Magnolia. She is very good in this film.

ZombieKitten said:

Genesia said:

It's not that difficult, actually. You just have to prepare correctly.

That said, johnart and I always say Ms. Moore plays a mess better than pretty much anyone.

so do you just think of really sad stuff? like when your kitten died when you were a kid because you stepped on it?

Some actors do it that way (or so I've been told). The process is a little more complicated for me.

I only do stage acting (as opposed to film), so my process involves a build-up from the beginning of the play. I try very hard to actually become my character - to feel everything she is feeling. I work from the text and from what my fellow actors give me to create an "arc" that lets me take the character where she needs to go.

The problem (for me, anyway) with just thinking about something sad is that it's unreliable - and it takes me out of character. If I am Mary in The Memory of Water (to use an example from my own resume), who is haunted by the memory of her mother, it doesn't make any sense to think about my cat dying. I mean...Mary is mourning the death of her mother (with whom she had a tortured relationship), then finds out that a child she bore and put up for adoption (at her mother's urging) has died - just as she's about to start a search for him. She also thinks she might be pregnant (then finds out she isn't). She has a lot to cry about - who gives a rip about somebody else's cat?

In the play I'm doing now, I have the big reveal. I inform a woman who's had a 20-year trans-Atlantic business/pen pal relationship with a man that he has died - without the woman ever having met him. It is the only line I have as this character and I deliver it via a "letter" to the woman. I don't look at the actress playing her or speak directly to her. And yet...I'm able to deliver the line while just on the verge of tears - by thinking about the fact that the man was my boss for five years (at least), that he and the woman had been corresponding for many, many years before that, and imagining what that would feel like to deliver that news - knowing she would probably break down upon hearing it.

It helps that when I say, "It is with great regret that I have to tell you that he...passed away...on Sunday, the 22nd of December" someone in the audience gasps on "passed away" at almost every performance. To me, it is the woman I'm writing to who gasps. So when I say, "unfortunately, peritonitis set in...and he died...seven days later." I have a catch in my voice on "died," then stiff upper lip it for "seven days later."

So, there. Now you know way too much about one actor's process.

Harlepolis said:

I've misjudged her talent for long until I watched Magnolia and Boogie Nights.

The women def deserves the accolades, in fact, I'd go outta my way and say she's underrated comparing to her peers. Love her, and I wished her role in A Single Man was longer

Kate Winslet on the other hand never could figure her fame out or that talking glamorous corpse, Nicole Kidman.

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I love love love Julianne Moore. I don't know when she moved into the top of my favorite actors but she just did and sits firmly there. I haven't even seen Magnolia. I even love her character Nancy Donovan on 30 Rock but indeed she was fabulous in A Single Man.

Now Kate Winslet I'm still not sure about. I'll be watching The Reader in the next few days and maybe that will give me more than what I have on file but she's decent.

JackieBlue said:

Harlepolis said:

I've misjudged her talent for long until I watched Magnolia and Boogie Nights.

The women def deserves the accolades, in fact, I'd go outta my way and say she's underrated comparing to her peers. Love her, and I wished her role in A Single Man was longer

Kate Winslet on the other hand never could figure her fame out or that talking glamorous corpse, Nicole Kidman.

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I love love love Julianne Moore. I don't know when she moved into the top of my favorite actors but she just did and sits firmly there. I haven't even seen Magnolia. I even love her character Nancy Donovan on 30 Rock but indeed she was fabulous in A Single Man.

Now Kate Winslet I'm still not sure about. I'll be watching The Reader in the next few days and maybe that will give me more than what I have on file but she's decent.

You have a prozac within hand's reach? You'll need it, Ms.Jackie. Because you wouldn't decide which is more depressing; the movie itself OR that broad's acting I could settle with watching continents merge together and it would be more fascinating than watching that woman act.

And hey, for what its worth, I've only watched Magnolia for the 1st earlier this year.

DO NOT FUCK WITH MY GIRL

Genesia said:

PanthaGirl said:

I think she's fantastic. It takes raw talent to be able to cry on cue like that, definately an accomplished actress.

It's not that difficult, actually. You just have to prepare correctly.

That said, johnart and I always say Ms. Moore plays a mess better than pretty much anyone.

It is actually much harder to laugh belieavably than to cry.

But...Yup, no one plays mess quite like our Julie.

Harlepolis said:

JackieBlue said:

I love love love Julianne Moore. I don't know when she moved into the top of my favorite actors but she just did and sits firmly there. I haven't even seen Magnolia. I even love her character Nancy Donovan on 30 Rock but indeed she was fabulous in A Single Man.

Now Kate Winslet I'm still not sure about. I'll be watching The Reader in the next few days and maybe that will give me more than what I have on file but she's decent.

You have a prozac within hand's reach? You'll need it, Ms.Jackie. Because you wouldn't decide which is more depressing; the movie itself OR that broad's acting I could settle with watching continents merge together and it would be more fascinating than watching that woman act.

And hey, for what its worth, I've only watched Magnolia for the 1st earlier this year.

Great. Now I really can't wait to watch it. I've already been putting it off as it is.

EVERY woman loves to cry!

She must be a PISCES!

Genesia said:

ZombieKitten said:

so do you just think of really sad stuff? like when your kitten died when you were a kid because you stepped on it?

Some actors do it that way (or so I've been told). The process is a little more complicated for me.

I only do stage acting (as opposed to film), so my process involves a build-up from the beginning of the play. I try very hard to actually become my character - to feel everything she is feeling. I work from the text and from what my fellow actors give me to create an "arc" that lets me take the character where she needs to go.

The problem (for me, anyway) with just thinking about something sad is that it's unreliable - and it takes me out of character. If I am Mary in The Memory of Water (to use an example from my own resume), who is haunted by the memory of her mother, it doesn't make any sense to think about my cat dying. I mean...Mary is mourning the death of her mother (with whom she had a tortured relationship), then finds out that a child she bore and put up for adoption (at her mother's urging) has died - just as she's about to start a search for him. She also thinks she might be pregnant (then finds out she isn't). She has a lot to cry about - who gives a rip about somebody else's cat?

In the play I'm doing now, I have the big reveal. I inform a woman who's had a 20-year trans-Atlantic business/pen pal relationship with a man that he has died - without the woman ever having met him. It is the only line I have as this character and I deliver it via a "letter" to the woman. I don't look at the actress playing her or speak directly to her. And yet...I'm able to deliver the line while just on the verge of tears - by thinking about the fact that the man was my boss for five years (at least), that he and the woman had been corresponding for many, many years before that, and imagining what that would feel like to deliver that news - knowing she would probably break down upon hearing it.

It helps that when I say, "It is with great regret that I have to tell you that he...passed away...on Sunday, the 22nd of December" someone in the audience gasps on "passed away" at almost every performance. To me, it is the woman I'm writing to who gasps. So when I say, "unfortunately, peritonitis set in...and he died...seven days later." I have a catch in my voice on "died," then stiff upper lip it for "seven days later."

So, there. Now you know way too much about one actor's process.

As much as I can't stand you this was absolutely fascinating to read

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Genesia said:

Some actors do it that way (or so I've been told). The process is a little more complicated for me.

I only do stage acting (as opposed to film), so my process involves a build-up from the beginning of the play. I try very hard to actually become my character - to feel everything she is feeling. I work from the text and from what my fellow actors give me to create an "arc" that lets me take the character where she needs to go.

The problem (for me, anyway) with just thinking about something sad is that it's unreliable - and it takes me out of character. If I am Mary in The Memory of Water (to use an example from my own resume), who is haunted by the memory of her mother, it doesn't make any sense to think about my cat dying. I mean...Mary is mourning the death of her mother (with whom she had a tortured relationship), then finds out that a child she bore and put up for adoption (at her mother's urging) has died - just as she's about to start a search for him. She also thinks she might be pregnant (then finds out she isn't). She has a lot to cry about - who gives a rip about somebody else's cat?

In the play I'm doing now, I have the big reveal. I inform a woman who's had a 20-year trans-Atlantic business/pen pal relationship with a man that he has died - without the woman ever having met him. It is the only line I have as this character and I deliver it via a "letter" to the woman. I don't look at the actress playing her or speak directly to her. And yet...I'm able to deliver the line while just on the verge of tears - by thinking about the fact that the man was my boss for five years (at least), that he and the woman had been corresponding for many, many years before that, and imagining what that would feel like to deliver that news - knowing she would probably break down upon hearing it.

It helps that when I say, "It is with great regret that I have to tell you that he...passed away...on Sunday, the 22nd of December" someone in the audience gasps on "passed away" at almost every performance. To me, it is the woman I'm writing to who gasps. So when I say, "unfortunately, peritonitis set in...and he died...seven days later." I have a catch in my voice on "died," then stiff upper lip it for "seven days later."

So, there. Now you know way too much about one actor's process.

As much as I can't stand you this was absolutely fascinating to read

johnart said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

As much as I can't stand you this was absolutely fascinating to read

Hey, I'll give props where they are truly deserved. even to her

ZombieKitten said:

Genesia said:

It's not that difficult, actually. You just have to prepare correctly.

That said, johnart and I always say Ms. Moore plays a mess better than pretty much anyone.

so do you just think of really sad stuff? like when your kitten died when you were a kid because you stepped on it?

OMG, that's so sad. Killing your kitten and ruining a pair of shoes.

mcmeekle said:

ZombieKitten said:

so do you just think of really sad stuff? like when your kitten died when you were a kid because you stepped on it?

OMG, that's so sad. Killing your kitten and ruining a pair of shoes.

Actually, it's the shoes part that would make me sad. The kitten...eh.

Genesia said:

mcmeekle said:

OMG, that's so sad. Killing your kitten and ruining a pair of shoes.

Actually, it's the shoes part that would make me sad. The kitten...eh.

I wear plastic bags over my shoes. So, it doesn't matter how many kittens I step on, my shoes are as fresh as the day I first wore them.

Also works for woodland creatures.

ZombieKitten said:

Number23 said:

ZombieKitten said:

I was just reading an interview with her and she was asked about being scottish, and she burst into tears

Perfectly understandable.

i think even more than crying-she enjoys taking her clothes off on film

:naked:

She's one of those actresses who made a career mainly because she CAN cry easily in front of the camera. That doesn't mean she's bad, it just means that sometimes "some tears in the right scene" means 1 Oscar nomination and the respect of Hollywood producers; but that's why Clint Eastwood is underrated as an actor, he can't cry

I love her work.

She's indisputably one of the best actresses around. I think her red hair really counterbalances her ghostly pale skin.