Ways To Judge An Acting Performance

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After a scene (and the entire movie), do you ever think "If that really happened and was captured on video, that's exactly the way it would look!"? I was actually thinking of a show I like, "Wanted: Dead Or Alive" with Steve McQueen.. He plays a bounty hunter whose prisoner has a bullet in his arm, which needs to be removed. Every time I see it (in this case, just thinking of that scene), I think "Wow, great acting".... He says, "I'll do the best I can". Any actor can memorize lines, but it's the way McQueen said it. He softens the tone of his voice, changing octaves, sounds uncomfortable what he has to do with limited tools being in the middle of nowhere. After seeing it, I'd always think to myself, "Wow, that's exactly how I'd expect it" - say if there was a hidden camera taking video.. It's ironic because it was a TV sitcom, 22-minutes or so, and they have the tendency to be lean.. McQueen's eyes act better than many who overact or "ham" it up.. It's known that after Steve got a movie script, he'd take a marker and basically cross out the unnecessary dialogue, and didn't seem to have resistance. To add, I notice in shows and movies (especially in the older days) how no one ever asks for the price of a drink (or anything else) at a bar or restaurant.. A man just says "Whiskey", drinks it, and throws a coin at the table, and walks out. No change returned, no asking for a bill, no waiter or bartender verifying it's the right amount.