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Quotes About Impersonation

I used to do an impersonation of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage in a romantic relationship.
~ Big Show
It was this thing I used to do, where I would get on the phone and put my voice in a man's voice like, 'Hey, you're talking to Tom.'
~ Cupcakke
I'm not a Tony Blair impersonator.
~ Michael Sheen
And now after all this time I finally figured out how to trap him... I will become him.
~ John Travolta
I remembered a long time ago when 'A League of Their Own' came out, and they had the opening sequence with an older Geena Davis. We all just thought it was amazing, but you find out it actually wasn't Geena Davis; it wasn't makeup. It was basically finding an actress that looked like her, and then Geena just dubbed her voice.
~ James Wan
Lots of guys have tried to impersonate John Madden and it just doesn't work.
~ Cris Collinsworth
My dad used to ignore me when I was a kid. He couldn't stand my voice, so he just used to ignore me, and then he'd impersonate me.
~ Alison Goldfrapp
An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd be a boring career. When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting... It's a challenge.
~ Robert Loggia
I'm not an impersonator. I'm a lousy impersonator, actually.
~ Helen Mirren
I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator.
~ Andrea Riseborough
It was very difficult acting. I feel it is a very tough job to portray someone else's character and to behave like that on screen.
~ Yo Yo Honey Singh
I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is.
~ Rory Bremner
I just love to impersonate people, and I impersonate people because I find them fascinating.
~ Tracey Ullman
As the lawyer, I found most of it was a matter of research, which I was great at - that's what I did to death - and then basically persuading people that you're right, and they're wrong... I found that the easiest of all the professions to impersonate.
~ Frank Abagnale
I had this grand idea that Elvira's kind of the Santa Claus of Halloween - at the malls, you'd have an Elvira there. Girls would dress as Elvira just like guys dress as Santa Claus, and it's not the real thing, but they'll pose for pictures, sign autographs. Of course, I couldn't go around to every mall, so we'd have to get more Elviras.
~ Cassandra Peterson
I've signed four autographs for Sam Worthington in L.A., and I haven't told any of the people that I'm not him.
~ Joel Edgerton
Acting is very similar to modeling.
~ Brigitte Nielsen
Good news for me, although even in Texas I don't think impersonating a maid would be classified as a crime.
~ Sue Grafton
I felt half the time I was impersonating a girl instead of really being one.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
Also found my posts on the Red Sox message boards. I got news for you, pal: I don't post dumb bullshit. Your impersonation attempts aren't going to fly. Everyone who knows me knows that when I post, I post gold. They also know that I don't give a damn about mystery cults, Sinai, or the Amalekites, fun as all that sounds.
~ Joshua Ferris
I could never be anyone I've played. I am so not a detective; I can barely get 200 yards from A to B with the help of Google maps, and I am just about the least observant person on the planet, so I never notice what people look like or how they walk or if they're committing a crime in broad daylight.
~ Nicola Walker
I'm not Charlie Chaplin and will never, ever claim to be. But when I become the 'Tramp,' I can feel the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
~ Rob McClure
sanity involves a certain measure of impersonation, not simply for the benefit of husband and servants but for the sake, first and foremost, of one's own convictions.
~ Michael Cunningham
When I was a kid, I would impersonate anything that I would hear. It's - actually, I attribute that more to why I actually was able to become a musician and a singer.
~ Justin Timberlake