Theater Actors Vs Film Actors

Theater actors are better.  On average.  When you look at all the great actors and actresses, most of them have stage background.  Actors like Denzel Washington, Al Pacino, and Daniel Day-Lewis, and actresses like Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett and Meryl Streep all have a stage back ground, and some of them continue to do stage.  Theater requires that you use all of your body to show what is going on inside of you because your body is your instrument, as opposed to film, it shows in your eyes. As much as I love film, it is theater that hones the craft of acting.

I remember when I first watched Django Unchained and Christoph Waltz first appeared on screen.  I knew immediately that he was an actor with a background in stage.  The way he captivated the screen and used all of his body to do so. Sir Anthony Hopkins is another actor I enjoy watching.  I remember several years ago, he was on a late night show. I don't remember the host, whether it was Jay Leno or  David Letterman.  Once he entered on stage, I was captivated by his presence.  I knew instantly that he had a stage background just by his presence.  Even the host, and I do believe it was Jay Leno, mentioned something along the lines of him being a theater actor with great presence.  

Cate Blanchett is another actress I enjoy watching and would love to see on stage.  She has a great presence and is captivating but in a subtle way.  Viola Davis just fills up the television screen with her raw emotion and honesty.  She's too big for TV!!!  

Now that's not to say that I don't enjoy film actors who don't have a stage background.  There are many film actors who have little to no stage background but are good film actors such as Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie and Julia Roberts.   Many of them are charismatic and good at what they do.  It's just that on average they don't have the strong presence of captivation of using body and voice the way theater actors do.

That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it.

I am the dark mystique.