[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by polak

This will probably be unpopular but I'd barely consider acting an "art". It's the only "art" where you don't actually create anything. It's definitely a skill but an art? Creating original music is an art. Creating original sculptures is an art. Creating an original painting is an art. Creating original stories is an art.

Being an actor is like being a cover band. Both can be very good at delivering other peoples work but neither are "creating" anything. You can try telling me that "they create emotion" or some crap but they don't. They create the emotion they are told to. Sure some of them might also have artistic qualities and contribute to the real creative processes (directing and writing) but just straight up acting? I wouldn't call it art. Hell, the CGI and animation guys, the sound guys, the score guys, the set design guys, they are all far more "artistic" than the actors.

Skill. Not art.

The ability to make you believe that someone is something they aren't is IMO an art.