Ten Favorite Actors and Actresses

Ooo, a toughie! DH and I love movies. We don’t always agree on what we like, but we love movies. Here are ten faves (not all of the faves, of course, but the ten floating in the front of the cortex at the mo).

1. Ving Rhames – Love his voice, love his attitude. Delivers some of the best one-liners in the business.
2. Edward Norton – I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bad performance by him. He absolutely disappears into a character and makes you believe him, whether he’s playing sadistic (American History X), psycho (Primal Fear), or world domination (Fight Club). Can’t wait to see what he brings to the Incredible Hulk.
3. John Cusack – The guy we all wanted to stand outside our window with a boom box. Le sigh.
4. Reese Witherspoon – Is loving Elle Woods wrong? Even though she is blonde?
5. Cate Blanchett – She can do freakin’ anything. The Australian Meryl Streep. Check out her uncanny Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator. Plus, she totally rocked Galadriel’s pointy ears.
6. Emma Thompson – Wonderful comic timing, and a great ear. She’s won two Oscars, for acting (Howards End) and screenplay (Sense and Sensibility). I wouldn’t mind growing up to be her.
7. Alan Rickman – Another do-anything actor, but we especially love Snape. Can’t wait to see how he plays his final scene in Deathly Hallows.
8. Judi Dench – The first female M. Any questions?
9. Hugh Jackman – Rawr. ‘Nuff said.
10. David Strathairn -Don’t know why exactly, but this guy fascinates me. Totally credible as both a blind savant (Whistler in Sneakers) and as Edward R. Murrow (Good Night, and Good Luck). I’m probably the only female on earth who watched The Firm and was more interested in Ray McDeere than his brother Mitch, played by Tom Cruise…an actor I could leave rather than take. But that’s another post altogether.