Quotes About Persona

Character Profile: MOE DRABOWSKY

Indeed, throughout his life, Elvis had a knack of appearing normal, of being able to relate 104 THE INNER ELVIS to the common person. At the same time, his tendency to play the role of being normal when in fact he was in dire need of assistance would, later in life, dictate his fate. Elvis acted to fend off intervention by family, friends, and medical and mental health professionals who attempted repeatedly to help him survive his demons.

I am only the image I can force upon the town.

People say one thing, adopt a public position, and are then quite different on the inside and privately act in a totally different way. They have an expression for this: 'the shifting sands'—ramál mutaharrika

You owe it to your public to remain fuckable.

Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen

I'm not Justin. Even if she doesn't know it.

Jack Kennedy protected a mature and presidential image – tough, yet not unduly combative.

Like a number of people who resemble him, over time Arthur concocted himself a persona of the modern man with his panoply of noble attitudes, his frenzied openmindedness, and his pact with mediocrity.

Hurston did make significant parts of herself up, like a masquerader putting on a disguise for the ball, like a character in her fictions.

Abroad in Hollywood, I am called Bling Bling Bappi.

Suddenly, if I were to be seen in a sex comedy, it wouldn't be acceptable to my fans.

The whole sex-symbol thing is part of what I do as an actress. It's a kind of character I play. It's part of me, but not the whole me.

I realized I could affect how people treated me by how I acted.

I just have always been so interested in the way actors and actresses present themselves to the world because I think it is very important and it affects the way people see you as an actor.

I am cool and aggressive: aggressive from inside and cool from outside.

There are some days when you don't feel like being Alan Cumming.

At home, I'm just Amy, but in India, I get mobbed.

If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.

I really tried for a while to go with the Adam Ant look.

Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do.

In terms of likeability, that's something that I don't think about as an actor when I approach a role.

I don't approach a role by saying I'll be unsavory or unlikable.

Usually, I like to play sophisticated-looking characters. I want to do 'Godfather'-like characters. Given my voice and style, such characters will be apt for me.