I can see where the OP was going with this, I have a list of actors that IMO are not really acting but just playing themselves. Nick Cage, Jack, John Wayne. If you feel that way about Gene Hackman I suggest you watch The Birdcage. Difficult for a movie hard azz to transition to comedy and Gene, again in IMO, pulled it off magnificently. Perhaps due to the heavy talent he was surrounded with but none the less, one of my favorite roles he has played.
"I feel like I'm insane.."
https://youtu.be/zykSvrhlquY
"Nasty European Traditions" LOL
https://youtu.be/8pR2i-NQCZ8
Oh carp, didn't want to bring politics into this 
