Doctor Strange,Feb 14 2006, 01:55 PM wrote:

Jack Nicholson plays "Jack" an awful lot, though he's capable of a more carefully modulated performance when he's inspired (e.g., Regarding Schmidt).

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I always thought Frank Sinatra was a Caricature of himself.

De Niro was the first to come to mind, but let's also not forget Christopher Walken and Harrison Ford.

Where does character actor stop and cariacature begin?

And yeah, Ford's a weirdo. Very arrogant in interviews.

You know the five phases of an actor's career as seen by a producer? Let's take Marlon Brando as an example:

1. "Who's Marlon Brando?"

2. "Get me Marlon Brando."

3. "Get me a Marlon Brando type."

4. "Get me a young Marlon Brando."

5. "Who's Marlon Brando?"

I read this somewhere many years ago, and I wish I could remember who to attribute it to. It may have been Billy Wilder, Sam Goldwyn, or some other classic Hollywood quipster. Or maybe some long-forgotten casting director, or one of Johnny Carson's gag writers... If anybody knows, please chime in!

Jim Carey is dangerously close to become a caricature of himself.

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Jim Carey is dangerously close to become a caricature of himself.

I will add Robin Williams who seems to get more bizarre the older he gets.

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He was much funnier when he was a cokehead.   [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

His schtick is getting a bit tired.

Oh yes, let&#39;s add this actor&#33;&#33;&#33;

Chuck Norris Facts
•    When Chuck Norris calls 1-900 numbers, he doesn’t get charged. He holds up the phone and money falls out.
•    Chuck Norris once ate a whole cake before his friends could tell him there was a stripper in it.
•    There are no races, only countries of people Chuck Norris has beaten to different shades of black and blue.
•    A Chuck Norris-delivered Roundhouse Kick is the preferred method of execution in 16 states.
•    Chuck Norris’ house has no doors, only walls that he walks through.
•    When Chuck Norris has sex with a man, it won&#39;t be because he is gay. It will be because he has run out of women.
•    Chuck Norris doesn&#39;t actually write books, the words assemble themselves out of fear.
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•    Chuck Norris invented his own type of karate. It&#39;s called Chuck-Will-Kill.
•    When an episode of Walker Texas Ranger was aired in France, the French surrendered to Chuck Norris just to be on the safe side.
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In all seriousness… all celebrities become Caricatures of Themselves eventually. Name one who hasn’t. Perfect example is Lindsay Lohan. Loved her in the remake of “The Parent Trap” (When a cheesy kids movie that’s formulaic and has already been made once before and it STILL makes you cry like a pansy… there’s magic there…) but since remaking “Freaky Friday,” and then “Mean Girls” and “… Drama Queen,” what has she really done? She now more know as being “Famous for being Famous…”

I think it’s just a matter of time when she starts making some really bad mature films that bomb, she’ll show up naked in Playboy as a last ditch effort to rejuvenate her career and then vanish for a few years only to try and make a come-back like Julia Roberts has done twice in the past.