A note from the ugly actor...

Dude, don't sweat shallow small hearted people. Do your thing and keep entertaining us. Can't wait to see your Lincoln movie!


"Spock is the shiz-nit!"

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Don't let other people's comments bring you down. If they don't have any constructive criticism to give, they're not entitled to say anything!

About the movie. The main thing that bothered me wasn't a single actor's performance. It was the overall performance from every single actor/actress. It was like watching a crowded one-man show. I didn't feel any feelings from one family member to another. I just felt that every actor played the lead in their own little world, not interacting with one another. I could sense that everyone just met and not like a real family sharing lives the past 20 years. I don't know who I am supposed to blame, actors or the director (I assume he has a finger in the pie)

Oh, I have to point out. The too short police pants, they did really bug me. I just had to say that too.

I do hope you'll land better roles than this. I haven't seen anything else with you but I know that this movie didn't show your acting talent. But I know you did better than what I would have done.

I hope you understand what I mean. =)

xo

Hey Bill,

Your honesty and sincerity really touched me, but you shouldn't take so much on your shoulders re: this film. Casting is ultimately the responsibility of the casting director, not the actors. It's the most natural thing in the world for an experienced actor to want to do something different. I recall Denzel Washington in "Training Day". I just couldn't accept him as a very evil bad guy because he was always cast as the hero/good guy, but it must have really been fun for him to do something soooo different than the usual. Lawrence Olivier appeared in some horrendously bad films, playing something other than Hamlet. I'm sure it must have occurred to him that he was just not right to play a French Canadian trapper, but he took the part anyway.

I grew up in rural America, and I've never seen a sheriff who looked "beautiful". If anyone in this film was miscast, it was the tall model type chick cast as the sheriff's wife. ....And the teens who were pretty enough but just couldn't act....

Bill, you have the satisfaction of knowing that you are a good actor who is regularly employed making major motion pictures, while the jerks who tormented you as a child are a bunch of pathetic drunken losers today. People who make vicious personal attacks via this faceless medium are less than pathetic, they are spineless. It's easy to sit in a bedroom in Mommy's basement and criticize others anonymously, but how would these people measure up, their appearance and accomplishments subjected to similar scrutiny?

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Dear Bill,

It's good to try new material and types of roles. It's good to be able to assess yourself critically - a lack of hubris! Finally, it's refreshing that you're not a typically Hollywood-type pretty boy. From an audience point of view: It can get tedious to be faced with conventional notions of beauty all of the time, both in their masculine and feminine forms.

The movie had much wrong with it, but I do think that all of the actors did a good job with what they were given to work with. Yes, I could sense that you weren't 'feeling it', as you stated. On the other hand, maybe if they had made the father/hero character with a distinct dark side (besides a mention of PTSD) instead of being two-dimensional 'nice guy saviour', then perhaps it would have been a more interesting and believable role and you would have been more inspired? Also - what the heck was costuming doing to you? No favours!

This is my first IMDB post, but I feel like you shouldn't be so hard on yourself! Although, I imagine that it's difficult to be kind to oneself in a tough, image-driven industry.

Hi Bill,

First, your willingness to admit that perhaps you weren't suited to the role is admirable, but I think you're taking on too much responsibility for the final product, which is the result of the efforts of all the actors and production staff. I'm just in the middle of watching it now and I'm not seeing any work from you that is making me roll my eyes or think that you can't act, as often happens with films produced by Asylum. (And I've seen many, I do love cheesy horror flicks. Though I confess that I don't know how a ghost that I think will end up being from the 1600's understands instant messaging. LOL)

Actually, I just passed the point where your character's wife was going to head to the hotel and I genuinely buy his irritation with the deputy and his concern for the family.

I haven't seen any of your other live action work and it may be true that your performances are stronger in more quirky roles, but we're all allowed to try new things once in a while and many actors have taken on roles that weren't entirely suitable.

I also think you're being overly critical of your appearance, though I admit that the hairstyle and pants probably weren't great choices on the part of the make up and wardrobe department. :)

I'm definitely going to check out Abraham Lincon vs. Zombies (Love Zombie movies), and I thank you for mentioning it. Also, you did Dobby? Awesome. But you made me cry in the "Deathly Hallows" movie. Awfully mean of you. :D