“The first-rate actor is not a selfless empty vessel who is filled with the character he is playing. He is a complicated, willful, self-centered, intelligent, emotional animal.”

About Vincent Canby

Critic • American

Vincent Canby was a prominent American film and theater critic best known for his long tenure at The New York Times. He served as the chief film critic from 1969 to 1993, and then as the chief theater critic until his...