There Are No Small Parts

Most books about screen acting, including one of the authors (100 GREAT FILM PERFORMANCES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BUT PROBABLY DONT), concentrate on major stars and major roles. THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS focuses on the wonders achieved by performers in brief roles, sometimes mere cameos. To watch an actors complete delineation of a character in a few minutes is to marvel at his/her talent, concentration, and invention. Each of the 100 performances spotlighted in the book aims to evoke not just each actors individual impact but how he/shes imaginative gifts invigorated (and sometimes even stole) their films. From 1935 to 2019, the text surveys great artists who mastered playing for the camera, seizing moviegoers attentions and deserving places of honor for their contributions