Quotes About Persona

I personally prefer being a blonde, but whatever it takes for the character.

I actually prefer getting into roles that are the polar opposite of me; that's why I've done so many dark and dreary things.

There'll always be that prep in me that I can't seem to get rid of.

When I go out, I'm always dressed up. Not in drag but always prepared to be 'on.' Just in case somebody's going to take a picture. Everyone has a Facebook page, so no matter what, I'm prepared to service the public.

When I go on stage, I'm a different man. I become Chubby Checker, And when I'm not Chubby Checker, I'm preparing to be him.

You can have an Internet presence, but it doesn't mean anyone has any idea who you are or what you look like. Which is great.

I'm not going to present myself one way all the time just because it will make me sell best.

I developed a heel persona and everything about Maryse was presentation, facials, gestures.

Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.

I don't like to be me. I'm not so comfortable being me on screen because then I'd be a presenter. I'm not Jimmy Fallon.

On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'.

The bottom line as far as I was concerned was presenting to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.

I fell into presenting after doing about a decade of parody shows of presenter-based shows, and a lot of it was me parodying a presenter, so when I started doing 'Have I Got News For You', I carried on that persona.

I'm happy with the way everyone presents themselves onstage.

I've worked with some people and they turn, they become that image on TV and they're lost in it, lost in who they are. It scares me. I want to stay me, preserve my soul.

There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.

You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.

You have to pretend to be cool, which I never am.

If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one.

You have to put on more faces to pretend who you are.

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else.