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Method acting was all he talked about in the run up to suicide squad and it tramspired to be a pile of poo, Leto's performance included.
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There are many great actors who don't do it, several have criticised it as being unhealthy or unnecessary.
Nicolas Cage said "there's a thin line between method acting & schizophrenia".
What about method guitar playing?
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Upon being asked by his co-star how a previous scene had gone, one in which Hoffmann’s character had supposedly stayed up for three days, Hoffmann admitted that he too had not slept for 72 hours to achieve emotional verisimilitude. “My dear boy,” replied Olivier smoothly, “why don’t you just try acting?”
Both are viable foundations, but both additionally need the actor to convince the audience. A personal history of wide and deep emotional experience doesn't automatically make that person an actor.