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Robert Duvall’s career offers a different picture of what movie stardom can look like.
He didn’t need spectacle to make an impression. His performances often worked because they felt lived-in — as though the character existed before the camera arrived and would continue existing after it left.
That quality made his work endure.
Now that he is gone, audiences are left with the characters, the performances and the moments that made him one of the most respected actors of his generation.
The lights may have gone down on Robert Duvall’s career, but the performances remain.
And, perhaps fittingly for an actor whose greatest strength was often his restraint, they don’t need to shout to be heard.