Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.
“For so long as the Jew has even one ally, he will be convinced - in his smallness of mind - that his salvation came from that ally. It is only when he is alone - against all of his own efforts and frantic attempts - that he will, through no choice, be compelled to turn to G-d.”