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I've always done method acting. I'm a method actor, and I've done that for years. I never did acting and decided to take it seriously because all the parts people want me to do were playing the pretty role. If I want to play someone pretty, I'll play myself.
Jessica White

Meaning of "method actor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF METHOD ACTOR

method actor  [ˈmɛθəd ˈæktə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METHOD ACTOR

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Method actor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES METHOD ACTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Method acting

In the dramatic arts, method acting is a group of techniques actors use to create in themselves the thoughts and feelings of their characters, so as to develop lifelike performances. Though not all Method actors use the same approach, the "Method" refers to the method of teaching the craft of acting, which was created by Constantin Stanislavski in order to teach concepts of acting to his students. Later, Stanislavski's method of teaching acting was adapted by Lee Strasberg for American actors. Strasberg's method emphasized the practice of connecting to a character by drawing on personal emotions and memories, aided by a set of exercises and practices including sense memory and affective memory. Stanislavski's system of acting was the foundation of Strasberg's technique. Rigorous adherents of Strasberg's technique are now commonly referred to as "Method Actors", although the "Method" refers to Stanislavski's original system. Method acting has been described as having "revolutionized American theater". While classical acting instruction "had focused on developing external talents", the Method was "the first systematized training that also developed internal abilities ".

Definition of method actor in the English dictionary

The definition of method actor in the dictionary is an actor who bases his role on the inner motivation of the character he plays, following the theories of Stanislavsky.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METHOD ACTOR


abactor
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acta
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actor
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chiropractor
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coactor
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compactor
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contractor
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enactor
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exacta
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extractor
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factor
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hyperreactor
ˌhaɪpərɪˈæktə
nonactor
ˌnɒnˈæktə
one-acter
ˌwʌnˈæktə
reactor
rɪˈæktə
redactor
rɪˈdæktə
reenactor
ˌriːɪnˈæktə
tractor
ˈtræktə
transactor
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underactor
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METHOD ACTOR

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WORDS THAT END LIKE METHOD ACTOR

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Synonyms and antonyms of method actor in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «method actor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METHOD ACTOR

Find out the translation of method actor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of method actor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «method actor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

方法演员
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

actor de método
570 millions of speakers

English

method actor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विधि अभिनेता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طريقة الممثل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

метод актер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

método ator
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পদ্ধতি অভিনেতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

méthode acteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelakon kaedah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verfahren Schauspieler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メソッドの俳優
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

방법을 배우
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cara aktor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

diễn viên phương pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முறை நடிகர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पद्धत अभिनेता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yöntem aktörü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

attore di metodo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metoda aktor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

метод актор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metoda actor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μέθοδος ηθοποιός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metode akteur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metod skådespelare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

metode skuespiller
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of method actor

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about method actor

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10 QUOTES WITH «METHOD ACTOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word method actor.
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Ed Asner
I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.
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Emily Browning
For me it would be unhealthy to be a method actor; I'm not mentally stable enough for that - I need to separate my two worlds.
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Ashton Holmes
I try to leave my work at work, and check my work-baggage at the door before I go outside of here. I'm not a super method actor, and I think that all the answers are inside the script.
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Caleb Landry Jones
I don't know if I'm a method actor.
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Joel Kinnaman
I'm not a method actor per se, but if I'm playing a character that, at its core of its persona, has experiences I don't have, I try to search out and get firsthand experiences of similar sorts so I have something to fantasize about.
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Harry Lloyd
Peter Mullan is the least method actor around.
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Natassia Malthe
I kinda lose my mind in 'Fringe,' or at least my character does. Whenever I'm acting, I tend to accidentally become unable to switch off the character. I'm a little bit of a method actor, but without really wanting to be.
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Poppy Montgomery
Maybe I'm secretly in my soul a method actor.
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson
I'm not a method actor, but I'm a big research kind of actor.
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Jessica White
I've always done method acting. I'm a method actor, and I've done that for years. I never did acting and decided to take it seriously because all the parts people want me to do were playing the pretty role. If I want to play someone pretty, I'll play myself.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METHOD ACTOR»

Discover the use of method actor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to method actor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde
A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde is a dark, maniacal thriller that explores many kinds of duality—individual, social and cultural, and is a heartfelt tale about the search for belonging and the nature of love and desire.
Kevin MacNeil, 2011
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The Revolution Continues: A New Actor in an Old Place
“You can always spot a Method actor. They look and act the same.” LaChanze makes an intriguing observation about the contemporary Method actor because the function of postmodern Method is the engagement with an individualized self.
Susan Russell, 2007
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Extending a Java Virtual Machine to Dynamic Object-oriented ...
A method actor is expected to be able to access the of the method it is acting for. If guest code has a native code representation, i.e., if it has successfully been compiled, a method actor is expected to keep track of and hold onto that native code ...
Pape, Tobias, Treffer, Arian, Hirschfeld, Robert, 2014
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The Social Science of Cinema
Given the emphasis on personal emotion in method theory and the emphasis on staying away from emotion in technique theory, we hypothesized that audience members wouldjudge the method actor as feeling stronger emotions and ...
James C. Kaufman, Dean Keith Simonton, 2014
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Simulated Evolution and Learning: 8th International ...
3.1 Actor-Critic Method Actor-critic methods [1] consist of two learning modules: actor and critic. In the actor module, the policy of each agent is updated based on state values in such a way that the agent could gain more rewards. In the critic ...
Kalyanmoy Deb, Arnab Bhattacharya, Nirupam Chakraborti, 2010
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Shakespeare in Hollywood, Asia, and Cyberspace
Having emotionally experienced a role, the method actor can then play the part. A method actor is always on the road, always searching. Once a method actor finds a cause, everything becomes believable and effective. In Pacino's case, this is ...
Alexander Cheng-Yuan Huang, Charles Stanley Ross, 2009
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Scala Cookbook: Recipes for Object-Oriented and Functional ...
... 524 sending lSON data to POST URL, 518 PostgreSQL, connecting to with lDBC, 530 postRestart method, Actor object, 422, 424, 435 postStop method, Actor object, 422, 424 precision, floating-point number comparisons, 41 Predef object, ...
Alvin Alexander, 2013
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An Actress Prepares: Women and "the Method"
In an old joke about Method actors in rehearsal, when the director tells the actor to execute some onstage action, the Method actor refuses to move and asks, “ What's my motivation?” The cliche is meant to point to the self-indulgence of Method ...
Rosemary Malague, 2013
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Screen Acting
Dustin Hoffman, a Method actor himself, plays Michael Dorsey, a Method actor who is hounded out of the business because he refuses to let directors direct. While playing a dying Tolstoy, Dorsey prefers to walk off the set rather than cross the ...
Peter Kramer, Alan Lovell, 2014
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Twentieth Century Actor Training
This final element has dtawn ctiticism from Robert Brusrein, who complains that the Method actor, reflecting their inrerest in the self, 'usually purveys a single chatacrer from role to role, one that is recognisably close to his own personality'.
Alison Hodge, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METHOD ACTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term method actor is used in the context of the following news items.
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West Bloomfield man hopes to change perception of addiction with …
Jones, who calls himself a method actor, knew he wanted to act when he was 10 years old. He auditioned for the drama program at Talent ... «The Oakland Press, Jul 15»
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Check out: Nawazuddin's desi avtaar in `Manjhi - The Mountain Man …
The method actor who has earned praises for his role in `Bajrangi Bhaijaan` is ready to be seen in Ketan Mehta's `Manjhi - The Mountain Man`. «Zee News, Jul 15»
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Life in Squares: Were the Bloomsbury Group sexually incontinent …
Adds McCormack: “Even if you're not a method actor, you can't help but be affected by your surroundings. The River Ouse, where Virginia killed ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Animated Pacino speaks in Santa Fe about 'Salom'
A trained method actor from Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio, Pacino talked about the adventure of exploring the depths of a character and how ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
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Robert Carlyle interview: The actor on monstrous matriarchs, and …
I've never said I'm a method actor; I just think that actors should do research I went homeless for a while, for [1993 film] Safe; it gives you ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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'Veep' actor Tony Hale reacted to his Emmy nom with a 'screaming …
I don't consider myself a Method actor, I have huge admiration for people like Daniel Day-Lewis, who totally immerse themselves, but you can't ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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Writer Aidan Whytock to present free workshop at DIFF
Written and directed by Whytock, The Actor tells the tale of what happens when a method actor takes it too far when preparing to play a ... «Screen Africa, Jul 15»
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan: Communicating the secular message of modern …
Salman is not a method actor. He will never be Nasseerudin Shah or Aamir Khan. I only watch Salman's movies to see whether he performed ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
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5 Easy ways to eat less
Become an method actor. The role you're playing is “You As a Thin Person.” Get into your role – really into your role. Become your character. «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
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Jared Leto and a Little Glimpse of Suicide Squad!
Leto is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. He often remains completely in character ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»

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