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- adjective Of or pertaining to an
actor or theatricalacting ; like an actor.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Phoenix would be a natural for one of those actorish existential breakdowns - the ones that turn on the old conundrum, where does my mask end and my true self begin?
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There's little that's actorish or phony about this film, few pretensions to what Dunham is attempting.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Tiny Furniture Marshall Fine 2010
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But in Going the Distance, Barrymore feels much less actorish, playing a young woman caught in a romantic dilemma: Does she choose the guy or her career?
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Phoenix would be a natural for one of those actorish existential breakdowns - the ones that turn on the old conundrum, where does my mask end and my true self begin?
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Phoenix would be a natural for one of those actorish existential breakdowns - the ones that turn on the old conundrum, where does my mask end and my true self begin?
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And Aselton and Shepard both give performances that are nuanced and subtle, finding feelings beneath feelings in their reactions, without striking poses or being obviously actorish.
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"Even Dillane's actorish Jaques cannot undermine a production that doesn't exactly set the Thames on fire but that is true to the spirit of the play," he says.
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Even Dillane's actorish Jaques cannot undermine a production that doesn't exactly set the Thames on fire but that is true to the spirit of the play.
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And Aselton and Shepard both give performances that are nuanced and subtle, finding feelings beneath feelings in their reactions, without striking poses or being obviously actorish.
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Phoenix would be a natural for one of those actorish existential breakdowns - the ones that turn on the old conundrum, where does my mask end and my true self begin?
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