Which traits do you care for the most in an actor or actress

given those choices, and considering it's referring to actors/ache tresses, i voted for...

1)Charisma (if i could choose only one option this would have to be it overall)
2)Being great on playing different emotions (always a great thing to have. i think Tom Hanks is one of the best at conveying emotion)
3)Versatility (but i imagine those with charisma and are good at projecting emotion tend to automatically have this choice)

i would say that especially plays to actors but when it comes to actresses, since i am a male, attractiveness is a factor but even with that said general screen presence(which is probably closest to charisma on that chart and maybe some warmth etc) is always one of the biggest factors. but i guess it's more about warmth etc that actresses should project coming from my male perspective as some actresses presence are just too dry for my tastes which generally makes it harder to care about them on screen in general. so while attractiveness makes me a bit biased when it comes to who i like with actresses (not always, but mostly) i would assume the reverse is true with females in that they find actors attractive and that will sway their opinions on who they like to some degree also. but since i am a guy, attractiveness is not a factor when it comes to guys as it's just their general presence etc that helps sell them, that and some actors just tend to have a solid rep of appearing in good movies which i think is where your ultimately made or broke in the long term in whether most people will remember you or not is whether you land in movies people remember as the decades pass.

just some thoughts as i am sure you could probably come up with a bunch of other things to say if one wanted to put a ton of time into a subject like this.

p.s. i am going to assume Charisma will be either the most selected choice or close to it given without that you can't really command a screen in leading roles in different movies in general and it's the thing i think that separates the major names everyone knows from everyone else. that whole 'being a transformer' can be nice occasionally but typically a big name star has to have strong charisma and is more important than transformation as i think those who do the transformation stuff well tend to be more limited in what kinds of movies they can pull off well etc. like will probably be better at solid supporting roles than leading roles in general. i am sure people can come up with all kinds of different ways to see this general subject.

NOTE: if the subject was just about actresses then since i am a male i would have likely voted for... Charisma/Versatility/Being Attractive. because from what i noticed those who tend to 'transform' (Cate Blanchett/Meryl Streep etc to name good examples for me) tend to lack charisma/general likability/presence etc from my point of view and their overall presence is too dry for my tastes. but since most movies i like tend to be mostly male dominated then i based my choices that i voted for around that which removed the whole attractiveness thing since that won't be a factor for me because i am a male.

Yeah, like i basically already said in my general post, i am sure us males are biased a bit in what actresses we like because of that and the same goes for the females in what actors they like.

but when watching those of the same sex as oneself, attractiveness is a non-issue(at least for the vast majority of people).

as far as general voices... this is not really much of a issue here as long as one does not have a unappealing voice which the vast majority are fine here. but in terms of someones voice standing out in a positive way... it happens but it's typically a non-issue for me in that some peoples voices are a bit more appealing than others but when it comes to females, since females are attractive for me, certain accents can help make them a bit more attractive etc like Teresa Palmer for example as i like hearing her talk with her Australian accent which further adds to her hotness (she's one of the most attractive actresses for me in general)

so with that said... given what you said, it appears we are basically on the same page even though, like i was saying, a unappealing voice is typically not a issue for me since it's no where near common(probably more on the semi-rare side of things) that i am watching a movie and find someone who's voice that stands out to me in a negative way. but just off the top of my head... there are certain British accents i find a bit annoying/unappealing. hell, even sticking within my own nationality(American) there are some that can be unappealing here and there but some of them are not in movies/shows. but like i say it's typically not much of a issue as i imagine your typical British person (or just people in general) does not fall into that category and is no big deal.

p.s. good topic

side note: why is that spoiler text there as i accidentally clicked that twice even though i was not actually spoiler texting anything and it's apparently stuck in this reply even though when i edit the post to remove it, it appears nothing is there to remove.