All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you're actually working as an actor, based on trying to downplay or live up to a comparison with somebody else. You just can't do that. You have to do your own work based on your own gut, you
There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny.
One day my 3-year-old daughter said 'Your very handsome, Poppy.' That was the best compliment ever.