Joseph Cotten was a brilliant NATURAL actor who could act circles around this phoney ham.
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generalusgrant — 10 years ago(July 27, 2015 07:30 PM)
Welles said Jimmy Stewart was a terrible actor, NOT Joseph Cotton. See here:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jun/29/orson-welles-criticism-hollywood-stars-ta1354pes -
Androctus — 10 years ago(December 07, 2015 05:09 PM)
Read the words closer. I think Orson was just criticizing Jimmy's performance strictly in Rear Window, which is not shocking considering he didn't seem to have much praise for Hitchcock as a fellow director. Contrarily, I've heard Orson say some glowing things about Stewart:
Mind you, I'm sure he was under no obligation to do that particular program, and the roasters were arranged to leave Orson (the best) for last. Can't see him bothering if he didn't really mean 5b4any of it. -
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RvaBread22 — 9 years ago(July 24, 2016 12:20 PM)
You have to be kidding. He never played the same character over and over. He could play a nice guy or the villain equally well. He was definitely not wooden. He could act with his eyes even. Most actors can't do that. He could just be completely still and his eyes could convey so much. Have you not seen "Shadow of A Doubt"? If anyone overacted it was hammy flammy Orson Wells.
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