• Alec Baldwin was seen wiping a tear from his eye as he laughed along from the audience.

• Rapper and actor Sean 'Diddy' Combs, said he was 'really enjoying it' and said Gervais was 'doing an excellent job'.

• Bruce Willis - backstage he admitted: 'He was fantastic, he killed it, he did great.'

• Rising British actor Andrew Garfield admitted it had been a cringe-worthy performance: 'He's been terribly nasty and horribly rude and I think he's genius.'

• Fellow Brit Christian Bale said he didn’t feel Gervais pushed the envelope enough and added: 'Thank God for comedians, they have the most important job. I hope he keeps going further!'

• De Niro was also seen dissolving into laughter but he too had made his own little jibes about the event as he collected the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1347874/Golden-Globes-2011-Ricky-Gervais-makes-gay-jibe-famous-Scientologist-actors.html#ixzz1BKbsmLPP

Hold it; when De Niro is there, that is Jackie Brown, not Pulp.

If you hadn't told me what this was supposed to be, I don't think I'd ever have guessed that this was supposed to be a De Niro impression.

I think that's kinda harsh, spoco -- the actors aren't exactly De Niro, sure, but I think they're decent enough, all things considered. You have to keep in mind that since this short was essentially made for no budget, I'm sure they couldn't actually afford to pay for any actors. Despite the surfeit of aspiring actors out there, a surprising amount of them (I'd say, in my experience, about 95%) range from barely passable to total crap (at least when you're looking at actors who will work for free). You'll occasionally see a really good actor who, for some reason or the other, hasn't really made it yet, but a surprising amount of aspiring actors really have no business being in front of a camera.

Which is to say that the performances in the first short could have been so much worse, given the pool of actors I'm sure that they had to pick from.

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Voting for this poll ended with the majority of users voting Robert De Niro.

>> ^rottenseed:
Every actor on this list except for De Niro has played the same character every movie they've been in.

You tell the angels in internet heaven you've never seen pwned so singularly personified as in the comments that sent you there. Are you completely fucking stupid?

Pacino: Corleone, Serpico, Sonny, Roma, Lefty, Lowell, Shylock.
Eastwood: Harry, Preacher, Gunny, Frank, Everett, Dunn.

Pacino wins, because he's the only one of them that makes me forget the actor and only see the character.

>> ^rottenseed:
Every actor on this list except for De Niro has played the same character every movie they've been in. Now, all of these characters were well played, don't get me wrong, but De Niro has "experimented" the most with his roles. Clint would be 2nd on my list because he has a couple of atypical roles under his belt, but for the most part he plays a grizzled hard-ass.
But whyyyyyyyyyyyyy James Earl Jones? He is better as a voice actor. Why not Christopher Walken? That'd be a tough decision because you can't determine if he's a good actor or a bad actor or just crazy...but either way everybody loves him.


Like I admitted, maybe he was a poor choice. Next time, create your own damn poll. There's only room for 5 options.

I would have voted Gary Oldman if he were on the list, but since he wasn't I had to go with Bobby De Niro. You compare the characters he creates between Awakenings, Cape Fear and Midnight Run, there is no contest. Pacino is a close second.

Every actor on this list except for De Niro has played the same character every movie they've been in. Now, all of these characters were well played, don't get me wrong, but De Niro has "experimented" the most with his roles. Clint would be 2nd on my list because he has a couple of atypical roles under his belt, but for the most part he plays a grizzled hard-ass.

But whyyyyyyyyyyyyy James Earl Jones? He is better as a voice actor. Why not Christopher Walken? That'd be a tough decision because you can't determine if he's a good actor or a bad actor or just crazy...but either way everybody loves him.

Freeman is a one note actor. Pacino is a ham and De Niro is over-rated. He's great but still over-rated.

From this list I'd go for Clint because as Farhad said he's got presence.

Oh and Spacey? I think he's terrible. He's one of those actors who appears in too few good films.

Robert De Niro for Taxi Driver. That's the best acting I've ever seen.

I do love Raging Bull, Scarface etc. Pacino and De Niro are legends. No question about it. But they stopped making good movies. Morgan Freeman is great but he is very type cast imo. Gran Torino? Clint is still kicking ass. Polls like this are tough because they're all awesome.

also .. I think there at least a dozen other actors that should be in the list instead of James Earl Jones.

^Have you ever seen Bruce Almighty?

Al Pacino and De Niro's past acting history can carry any crappy movie they make from here until their deaths. Scarface! Goodfellas! Glengary Glen Ross! Raging Bull! These guys are legends. Morgan Freeman is awesome, and so is Clint Eastwood, but they don't hold a candle to Pacino and De Niro.

I would have voted for De Niro had he not tried his hand at comedy so many times. Really, his gay sky pirate in Stardust almost ruins an absolutely brilliant film, and other recent comedic turns are less than brilliant.

BUT.

His performance alongside Robin Williams in Awakenings still makes me cry.