Being able to separate Greatest Performance from Favorite Performance
and I'm definitely not saying all comedy performances are worth mention , Will Ferrell in Land of the Lost for example
and I'm not slapstick comedy as well
but rolls like Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam
Woody Allen in Annie Hall
just as examples
but the problem I keep having with this question is separate Greatest Performance from Favorite Performance
one that is bugging me is
and this is just an example , but listing Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca , but , was Humphrey Bogart any better in that movie then he was in the African Queen or the Big Sleep ( which is probably my favorite Humphrey Bogart movie )
also forgot someone above mentioned Jack Lemmon in The Out of Towners , another favorite of mine
so if the title of this thread would have been Favorites performances of all time , then it would have been easy
But Greatest Performances of all time ...................I'm still thinking on that one