Quotes About Persona

I think sometimes we put blinders on and define our personas very narrowly and are afraid to step outside the comfort zone - something I've never been afraid to do.

I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.

The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men - the man he is and the man he wants to be.

I am a deeply superficial person.

Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

Saint abroad, and a devil at home.

There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not trying to pull a caper.

Brother, if I'm going to be a heel, I'm going to turn who I am, what I am, and what I'm gonna do. I love it.

Shoot, man, I loved being a damn heel. Something about that, just going out there and being the most despicable person you could ever be, was a real turn-on for me. And I grew up a real shy kid in south Texas, and it was something for me to lean on and have fun with.

In the beginning of my career, everybody knew it, it was no secret that I loved the spotlight. I basked in it. And then all of a sudden, I turned into this person who was reclusive, or hiding.

I've turned from an ordinary Australian housewife into a gigastar, icon, talk-show host, swami, spin doctor... and now I'm a style guru!

Pink is what I do. Alecia is who I am. The world has taken Pink and turned it into this thing, a brand - a snarl.

Turning heel was so much fun for me. I was so over being a babyface.

I don't see myself turning into a romantic hero. I may not be comfortable doing that. I may not be cut out to do that. It may not even suit my image.

I don't go out there and put on any sort of front for people. If I'm in a good mood, I appear in a good mood on TV, and if I'm in a bad mood, I just go out there and look like I'm in a bad mood.

People know me as a TV actor but they don't know who the real Abhinav Shukla is.

When I am a good guy on TV, my character tends to be almost identical to how I am as a real person. However, as a bad guy, I get to be the opposite. I get to be a jerk. I get to talk trash, I get to say all the things that I'm thinking but have to restrain myself from saying out of respect or decency.

In the end, Kane will be remembered as a character I played on TV. In that respect, I want people to remember me for more than that.

People see you on TV every day, they start knowing your name. You know, I was always just the guy from Maroon 5 until I became myself.

To me, when - just like when you watch a movie or you watch a TV show, to me, you know, Nicole Kidman or Leonardo DiCaprio, you know that they are actors, but also, great actors find that extension of themselves. So, when I walk through that curtain, I find the extension of myself of being the Ravishing Russian in there.

When people meet me or hear me in person, they quickly learn that I am much more than a tweet and a profile picture.

Basically, I don't like to tweet stuff about my life. I only like to tweet jokes.