You Can't Please All of the People...

All of the time.  One of my favorite Hollyweird stories goes something like this:

Chicago actor Eddie Jemison has just made "Ocean's Eleven."  He's still in Chicago, and his agent calls him for a commercial audition, Eddie is a shoe-in for the part--the casting directors are asking for an "Eddie Jemison-type."  What could be better than the real thing?  So Eddie goes in for the audition.  After a bit of hemming and hawing on the part of the casting directors and producers, they pass.  Eddie just isn't right for the part.

Go figure.  Sometimes in Hollywood you aren't even good enough at being yourself.