I don't know, I just think it's cool to see when directors take on a small or supporting character in a movie that they're not directing. Werner Herzog in this, John Huston in Chinatown (Polanski), John Cassavetes in Rosemary's Baby (also Polanski), Cecil B. DeMille in Sunset Boulevard, Spike Jonze in Three Kings, Fritz Lang in Le Mepris (although I didn't see it). Anybody else?
shareYou have to see Werner Herzog in "Julien Donkey-Boy"!!!
sharePolanski is great in Chinatown, Cassevetes was great in everything(I mean for Christ's sake...it's Cassevetes, the man was a brilliant actor before a brilliant director) , Spike was great in Three Kings. The only one I have a problem with is Quentin. First off, I am a fan of Tarantino. I really like his movies. I'm no fan boy, but I do enjoy his movies a lot. But when he acts it's like nails on chalkboard. I love, love Pulp Fiction...but his part makes me cringe. His parts in Robert Rodriguez's films are horrible. Although they don't make me dislike any of those movies...so I guess it doesn't really matter afterall. He works perfectly in Planet Terror though. He isn't supposed to be good in that...so it works.
shareWell, he was also playing a rapist. If there's anything that Tarantino looks like he could play, it's a rapist.
Anyway, Pollack in Michael Clayton. Great performance.
What about actors-turned-directors (Clooney, Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Ben Affleck, and Sarah Polley)- there's loads of them, but only those five are really worth mentioning.
All in the Game.
Holy crap. I thought that was Geoffrey Rush.
sharekevin smith's acting career is kind of taking off
shareI cant beliveve this hasnt been mentioned. Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, X3, After Sunset & the upcoming Conan remake)in The Grand! lol despite him *beep* up the X-Men trilogy hes still a Director. And his scene in Grand was actually pretty funny.
I hate how IMDb signatures look like part of the post. i sucky sucky && licky licky.
It was cool 'til M. Night started doing it
shareBTW, imdb doesn't list him as an actor on "The Grand"...
shareLloyd Kaufman in Slither
Frank Miller in Dardevil
Michael Moore in Lucky Numbers
Mike Judge in Spy Kids 1-3
Oliver Stone in Dave
Roman Polanski in Rush Hour 3
Roger Corman and George Romero in Silence of the Lambs
I'm going to shove coal so far up your stocking you'll be coughing up diamonds!
Your missing a big one in this movie...
BRETT RATNER!