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    Posted: January 25 2010 at 12:45pm
Well, according to IMDb.com, she has two new projects coming up, so those will either make or break her career, which is on very thin ice as is.
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My money would be on "break her career".
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Originally posted by GTAHater767

My money would be on "break her career".
Given her track record of being 1-4 (one success, four failures), I'm not going to disagree with you.
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It's true that the movie isn't berry good,but it's not'cuz star and uncredited co-writer Nia Vardalos seems to be a character actor(someone who always portrays the same character),but because the whole thing felt like a TV movie,and that IRV dyin'was a bad endin'.
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If you're a "character actor", that means you play different characters. If you play the same character, you're not a "character actor", you're a typecast.
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Originally posted by Michaels

If you're a "character actor", that means you play different characters. If you play the same character, you're not a "character actor", you're a typecast.

Actually,we're both wrong:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_Actor

Anyway,why is it O.K. to do it for some people like Woody Allen,but not for Nia or The Frat Pack?
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Actually, for the best resource in character actors, you must rent or buy, and read the book "Hey! It's That Guy!". A listing of character actors and the roles they commonly play.
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Originally posted by Michaels

Actually, for the best resource in character actors, you must rent or buy, and read the book "Hey! It's That Guy!". A listing of character actors and the roles they commonly play.

Actually,I saw a mini-TV-documentary about that book,and that's not for actors who play the same characters,it's for non-stars that people mostly recognize by face rather than name,like Stephen Tobolowski,Daniel Roebuck and Luis Guzman.
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If they are actors known only for the characters they play, doesn't that also make them charcters actors?
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Originally posted by BurnHollywoodBurn

If they are actors known only for the characters they play, doesn't that also make them charcters actors?

No.They don't always play the same characters.I mean actors who aren't famous by name,but with recognizable faces.Also,I didn't invent the term "Character actor",so I don't control it's meaning.
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Originally posted by Vits


No.They don't always play the same characters.I mean actors who aren't famous by name,but with recognizable faces.Also,I didn't invent the term "Character actor",so I don't control it's meaning.
Neither did I, but when I hear the word "character actor", I think actor who usually an unknown, that gives a great performance, usually in bit parts or supporting roles. But that's just me.
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The point is whether she is or not a character actor,that's not the reason why the movie's bad.
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As I look back at this thread, I think the original question is not if she's a character actor, but if she is a typecasted actress paid to play the same role as the odd girl out Greek woman who has troubles in love, but ends up getting the man of her dreams by accident.
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Originally posted by BurnHollywoodBurn

As I look back at this thread, I think the original question is not if she's a character actor, but if she is a typecasted actress paid to play the same role as the odd girl out Greek woman who has troubles in love, but ends up getting the man of her dreams by accident.

Actually,you may be right.After all,she wrote both movies.
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Originally posted by Vits

Actually,you may be right.After all,she wrote both movies.
She didn't write "Life in Ruins", it was actually written by a screenwriter who worked on "The Simpsons". But judging by the other scripts she has written, she doesn't know much else besides writing about that typecasted Greek woman character that I mentioned above.
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Yea, I don't think she can be considered "Typecast" for a role you write for yourself. That's like giving yourself a nickname. Also, considering how she always writes herself as the same character, that ought to tell you about the level of her acting and writing ability.
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