There Are No Small Parts: 100 Outstanding Film Performances with Screen Time of 10 Minutes or Less

Review
“John DiLeo takes us on a captivating waltz through movie history
by focusing on actors in brief roles who made a big impact. Many of
the 100 movies are well known classics, others obscure, but DiLeo
makes you want to see them all and revisit the under-ten-minute
performances he writes about so compellingly. I am delighted to
be included for my 8 minutes on screen as the bookkeeper in All
the Presidents Men, and confess to having never been so thoroughly
dissected in a part.”
-- Jane Alexander
Most books about screen acting, including one of the author’s (100 GREAT FILM PERFORMANCES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BUT PROBABLY DON’T), concentrate on major stars and major roles. THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS focuses on the wonders achieved by performers in brief roles, sometimes mere cameos. To watch an actor’s complete delineation of a character in a few minutes is to marvel at his/her talent, concentration, and invention. Each of the 100 performances spotlighted in the book aims to evoke not just each actor’s individual impact but how he/she’s imaginative gifts invigorated (and sometimes even stole) their films. From 1935 to 2019, the text surveys great artists who mastered playing for the camera, seizing moviegoers’ attentions and deserving places of honor for their contributions