Mr Christoph Waltz

I'm pretty prone to obsessiveness and the subject of my current obsession is Christoph Waltz. I know he's the man of the moment, especially after his Bafta and Golden Globe wins for Django Unchained, but that hasn't put me off. I don't know where to begin. His acting is nothing short of incredible. In every film of his that i've seen, he manages to outshine every other actor. I'm talking about Inglorious Basterds (everyone knows how incredible the evil but somehow mesmerizing Hans Landa was), Water for Elephants, Carnage and Django unchained. I swear in every one of these films the character that impressed me most was the one that Waltz portrayed.   The thing is there is an intelligent quality to his acting, perhaps born from the fact that he has spent a lot of his career on stage, or even the fact that he is actually an intelligent and thoughtful man in real life... After watching some of his interviews I began to suspect that the personas of the characters he plays on screen are strikingly similar to his own. But he's still pretty damn versatile.

 I've spent a lot of time on youtube watching interview after interview. He's just so articulate, so elegant, so refined and so old school. And that accent... I could listen to him speak for hours on end, honestly. If I were a man, I'd hope to be like him when I grew older, a real gentleman. Also there is something about his personality, well the glimpse that we see on TV anyway, that gives me the impression that he is a kind and intelligent man in life. I feel that he would have made an excellent academic and I can only fantasize about him being one of my professors. However, aside from this new found geriophile tendency of mine (I kid, I kid!) the quality I like most in Mr Waltz, is his aura of humbleness. He seems very acutely aware of his condition, almost like he knows very well that he's mortal and not some superhuman with God-given talent that all mankind should look upto... Haha, yes I know not all actors are like that. But what I see in a lot of famous actors is a particular characteristic: Its almost as if they think their invincible. But not Christoph. He seems a lot more fragile (i'm not referring to his age here) a lot more human.  He's a talented actor, who has been given an avenue to explore his creativity and talent and I feel like he wants to grasp hold of this moment and really put everything that he has into it and generally just make the most if it. Alright, I'm aware that I'm projecting my personal ideas onto him, but it is seriously the impression I get from him. He's definitely someone I would love to be stuck next to on a long-haul flight, I can't even imagine how interesting the conversation would be.

An intelligent gaze

                                                                       

Professor Waltz