Table of Contents Introduction: Method and Meryl 1 Jack Nicholson: Dance with the Devil 5 Warren Beatty: Take Off Your Clothes 12 Al Pacino: Darkness on the Edge of Town 17 Dustin Hoffman: Midnight of the Method 26 Robert De Niro: Born to Lose 34 Harvey Keitel: Body Artist 42 Gene Hackman: Keep It Real 46 Albert Finney: Married People 49 Anthony Hopkins: High, Wide and Handsome 53 Daniel ­Day-Lewis: In Character 60 Jeff Bridges: Straight No Chaser 65 Nick Nolte: Crucified 68 Sean Penn: By Himself 74 River Phoenix: Only Once 78 Denzel Washington: The Duke in His Domain 84 Viggo Mortensen: Set Apart 87 Christian Bale: Transparency 89 Leonardo DiCaprio: Bad Influence 92 Michael Fassbender: Angel Eyes That Old Devil Sent 95 Ben Whishaw: Diamond in the Rough 99 Jane Fonda: The Search 104 Faye Dunaway: Touched to the Quick 111 Ellen Burstyn: The Shadow Self 118 Gena Rowlands: Love Streams 124 Maggie Smith: The Acid Queen 130 Julie Christie: Darling 136 Glenda Jackson: Tension Clenching 140 Diane Keaton: In the Moment 146 Sissy Spacek: Down Home 154 Debra Winger: Feathers in a Tornado 158 Sigourney Weaver: Above It All 164 Glenn Close: Command Performances 167 Kathleen Turner: Lust for Life 170 Alfre Woodard: Wait and See 175 Judy Davis: High Anxiety 179 Emma Thompson: A Star Danced 190 Jennifer Jason Leigh: Hard Knocks 194 Julianne Moore: Lying in Wait 198 Samantha Morton: Chaos/Control 201 Patricia Clarkson: On a Dare 204 Conclusion: Chaos Theory 208 Bibliography 211 Index 213.