I wonder if Johnny Depp could manage it? He so often channels specific personalities, and seems to not particularly have one of his own.
I am afraid I have somewhat gone off Depp in recent years (I make an exception for his presence in the original three Pirates of the Caribbean, the latter two of which especially soldered themselves into my brain), but your comment reminded me irresistibly of Peter Sellers on The Muppet Show (1978):
"You know, I just love all your wild characters, Peter, but, you know, backstage here you can just relax and be yourself."
"But that, you see, my dear Kermit, would be altogether impossible. I could never be myself."
"Never yourself?"
"No. You see, there is no me. I do not exist."
"I beg your pardon?"
"There used to be a me . . . but I had it surgically removed!"
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I am afraid I have somewhat gone off Depp in recent years (I make an exception for his presence in the original three Pirates of the Caribbean, the latter two of which especially soldered themselves into my brain), but your comment reminded me irresistibly of Peter Sellers on The Muppet Show (1978):
"You know, I just love all your wild characters, Peter, but, you know, backstage here you can just relax and be yourself."
"But that, you see, my dear Kermit, would be altogether impossible. I could never be myself."
"Never yourself?"
"No. You see, there is no me. I do not exist."
"I beg your pardon?"
"There used to be a me . . . but I had it surgically removed!"
". . . Can we change the subject?"