Originally Posted by
silverchris9
I strongly disagree. Meryl Streep. No way the character she plays are all the same type, adjustments to the role or not. I mean, that's just one example, but you can cite bunches of character actors who are more than capable of "playing against type" (insert rimshot here). Acting (real acting) happens at a pretty deep level, and good actors are more than capable of imagining different states of being, whether that happens from the inside out or from the outside in. I guess what I'm saying is, if you can play Rainman, you can play an LII, no matter what your type is.