To the Hollywood Foreign Press:
“Acting” is the embodiment and execution of emotion and story as performed through a human vessel. It is the creation of energy and magic. It is reading words on a page and giving them life and pain and joy and intrigue. It is the art of playing pretend, well.
Allow me now to give you a visual example of excellence in the craft of acting.
THIS is acting:
Haunting, mysterious, sexy, subtle, instantly engaging. And he’s only walking down the street and doing a voice-over.
Now.
THIS is the opposite of that:
Gabriel Byrne doing Gabriel Byrne, as played by Gabriel Byrne. What it is NOT, is “acting”.
Hollywood Foreign Press Association, you have exactly one year to figure out a way to learn yourself an education. This mistake will not be tolerated a second time. And you do NOT want Don Draper coming to you for an apology.
And no, awarding Mad Men as Best TV Drama does not count. That’s just fact.
Bangarang!
