re: Top 3 actors whose career inspired you but never delivered up their potential

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Pacino is a habitual over actor, not quite as bad as Cage, but he still gets pretty ridiculous. At some point he seems to have decided that if he yells a lot then people will think that it's good emoting.

It has all been down hill since The Godfather Parts 1 and 2. But I guess that a pretty big height to slide down.

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I remember Pacino addressing why his acting style has changed over the years. He said something to the effect of "I was a stage actor who didn't know how to act in movies. So I was very tough on myself and putting everything into those roles even staying in character while off-screen. I couldn't act like that any more. Now, I'm much more relaxed. I often watch CNN in my trailer in between takes and try not to be so stressed out all the time."