Your comment reminds me of an interview I read once where Jack Elam listed the four stages of an actors life:
First, who is Jack Elam.
Second, get me Jack Elam.
Third, get me a Jack Elam.
Fourth, who is Jack Elam.
The dumbfounded look on his face was priceless when he and James Garner were "fishing" with dynamite in Support Your Local Sheriff" and they were talking about splitting any gold they found.