I remember my first sighting of Bruce Willis in a TV series called “Moonlighting”  back in 1985. I liked him right away, and I knew a lot of other people did too. Part of what creates a star is the degree to which an audience identifies with his or her essential character. Watching Willis (with hair!) play the wisecracking private eye David Addison, I had a moment of recognition.  I actually felt I’d met this guy. I even saw a bit of myself in him.