Acting is the developing of one's own personality, too, you know. That's what the public buys in a star, shall we say, the personality thing.
There was a time when I was unable to get out of bed because my body, its muscles eating themselves away, refused to sit up. There was a time when the lies rolled off my tongue with ease, when it was far more important to me to self-destruct than to admit I had a problem, let alone allow anyone to help.