I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don’t understand why.

The remark contrasts classical Hollywood performance—where diction and projection were trained, stage-influenced skills—with contemporary screen acting that often favors naturalism, underplaying, and “realistic” speech patterns. O’Hara’s shock at “mumbling” expresses a veteran actor’s frustration that intelligibility has been deprioritized, whether due to stylistic choices, sound mixing practices, or a cultural shift toward conversational delivery. Implicitly, she treats clear enunciation as part of an actor’s craft and as a form of respect for the audience: if viewers cannot understand the words, the dramatic and narrative work of the scene is weakened.