[RLK]

True acting is not a profession that draws stable people. The older time male actors such as Wayne and Gable were never really great actors. They were personalities who played versions of themselves in movies.

[sine_nomine]

Very true. Clark Gable played Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind, and it was great.

[elbucko]

They were personalities who played versions of themselves in movies.

Very true. The "greats" are great at being themselves in a character. The only actor that could be both himself and get lost in character, IMHO, was the late, great, James Cagney.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

"To be an actor, a man must be less than a man; to be an actress, a woman must be more than a woman." Bette Davis