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One "good acting" tip-off is when the actors on stage/screen appear to be spontaneously speaking and reacting to the world around them, rather than behaving according to the already-known thread of the script. One of my favorite character actors is Michael Kitchen, now probably best known for playing Foyle in the Foyle's War series, but he's played villains, romantic leads, supporting grey-moraled characters, etc. and he always always turns his characters into real people living in the present moment. It's like you can see him going through the process of making decisions (as the character), you can see him thinking and having mental revelations and shifting loyalties and all other sorts of dynamic internal processes that real people have in their daily lives. All of his body language and facial expressions seem like personal quirks of that particular character occurring organically in the moment, rather than gestures called for by the script. I've never seen him be himself in an interview, and I couldn't begin to tell you what the guy is like in real life because he so completely disappears into his roles and makes them feel like real, distinct, individual living people. Is he gregarious and charming? Is he quiet and cold? Who knows? Also, take the character of Foyle for a moment -- the character is emotionally very guarded and more cerebral. Michael Kitchen can be standing there with a poker face and (in-character) convey nothing, but to the audience, you somehow know exactly what's going on in his head. He's working on two levels. Compare that to someone like Kit Harrington, who stands there looking blank and conveys nothing, either in-character or to the audience.
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