Civilized society has called out actors as low lifes for centuries. Sure, society enjoys a good show but they don’t want their daughters running off with an actor.
Actors play parts that are written for them. They play what people will pay to see.
I’ve often thought that really gifted actors, able to brilliantly play many different roles, may be lacking a certain central identity of their own.
We don’t have a lot of actors with the kind of gifts that more of them used to have; but in general I don’t hold great artists to the same standards as others. They seem to come into the world with an extra ‘imperative’ riding them.
When society demands more, actors will comply.