What happened to actors?

What happened to ACTORS?

Lately I have begun to notice that casting is being done according to personality, not talent. Many of the movies I have seen appear to showcase people reading lines as themselves.

I have heard complaints that to win an Oscar actors need to change themselves into something radically different. But the simple truth is that those are people who are not being themselves while they read lines off of a cue card. They transform. And by transforming into someone they are not they carry the audience to a place where reality can take a breather.

Has the cult of celebrity gone so far that we don't want to see people not be themselves?

If it has I can only hope that it will change back and actors acting will repopulate the silver screen.