Favorite Amateurs?

Katherine Cassavetes

She's great in all her son's movies, and definitely the funniest woman I ever saw in a movie.

I love the cast of "The Battle of Algiers" -- they were revolutionaries, so I'm guessing the sincerity is enough. But as Pontecorvo said (about finding Ali) -- "It's the face".

By amateur, do you mean someone who is not a director/actor but made a movie or two?

If so, maybe Björk for me. She was amazing in Dancer in the Dark.

Amateurs? There is that cam girl...

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Look, I'm not judging you - after all, I'm posting here myself, but maybe, just maybe, if you spent less time here and more time watching films, maybe, and I stress, maybe your taste would be of some value. Just a thought, ya know.

Or even more than a few movies, like the ones mentioned earlier...

1: Gregor Mendel

2: Thomas Edison

3: Robert Evans

4: Henrietta Swan Leavitt

One of my favourite amateurs was in a 2009 Doctor Who fan film, Fire and Ice. Obviously a big bloke, Jonathan Davis was cast to play an Ice Warrior (a Martian ) and this is what impressed me about him:

It was also his obvious enthusiasm about a particular scene where:

LOVED her in A Woman Under the Influence

I think former Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka stole the Will Ferrell comedy Kicking and Screaming.

Coca-Cola? What are you talking about? Coca-Cola...

Oh definitely – especially his most recent appearance.

Besedka Johnson didn't star acting until she was 85. Great in Sean Baker's Starlet. He must have an eye for amateur talent because the leads in Tangerine were just random people he met researching for the story.

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