Actors help create Oscar-worthy material

When it comes to Oscar-worthy material directing and writing depend greatly on the performance of actors to capture an audience. "We hang much on the actor's shoulders, even when speaking of a brilliant director," says F. Miguel Valenti, the assistant director of ASU’s School of Theatre and Film. "After all, would 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' have had the same worldwide impact if [Steven] Spielberg had not had Harrison Ford in the leading role? The answer is that we will never know, but I doubt it."Article source: Detroit Free Press