How would you rate these actors?

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Morgan Freeman 7
Sean Penn 8
Brad Pitt 2
Denzel Washington 9
Tom Hanks 5
Samuel L. Jackson 7
Russell Crowe 7
Marlon Brando 9
Robert De Niro 8
Edward Norton 8
Al Pacino 5
Kevin Spacey 6

grades have to fall on a bell curve folks

So much is based on the roles they choose and their capacity to fill them. Pacino always plays stuff he can do well but its pretty limited, unless I've missed something. A friend of a friend was in Full Metal Jacket, he was well received but then started turning down roles, hoping I guess to manage his career as well as Denzel Washington does. I think he's stage acting in London now... maybe thats what he wanted anyway? I like Depp quite alot... I remember really trying to sell Benny and Joon to people, but its a matter of taste, one couple I was talking movies with went on and on about how bad Depp was, then went on to praise the "titanic" bore Out of Africa, talk about over-rated stars. Hanks only gets the 5 because I'm so tired of seeing him...he wasn't bad in the Fed Ex commercial or the WWII apology, but was funnier with breasts. Val Kilmer is one I can't figure out, he seems to have potential but what has he ever done? Ed Harris really suprised me in Pollock, he has more depth than his earlier roles allowed for. Kevin Kline gets a high rank from me as well, A Fish Called Wanda and My Life as a House were miles apart in style and two of my favorites.