All the good modern parts go to Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant.
When you are a young actor, you're imbued with the high purpose of your art. You think, 'They hire me for my talent; if that's not good enough, then they can hire somebody else.' Later, you realize that your body is as much a part of what you do as your talent.
You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.
Well, we have certainly produced great art before we did this. In my view, there are any number of areas of government which tax money should not be spent.
Sometimes life drops blessings in your lap without your lifting a finger. Serendipity, they call it.
And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date.