Quotes About Persona

His old identity has been discarded, and his new identity is to be found only on the screen. In the expanse between these two poles lies the reality of the self.

The longer you have to be somebody else, the harder it is to convince everyone you are you.

If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn't be so adored in the slightest.

Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can.

You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself.

I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.

One face to the world, another at home - makes for misery.

When people see you on the screen, you become bigger than life.

Your life may be really boring in reality, but online you're a competitive superhero.

I was a bigger-than-life persona before I was anyone in my own mind.

But now it's just another show, you leave em laughing when you go. And if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away.

It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life.

I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!

My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the office, I lie down, dream, and become 'someone else.' That's my job.

Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.

Performing is one thing, and day-to-day stuff - like the way you talk to people - is totally different. If I acted like I did onstage in normal life, everyone would probably hate me.

There is a big difference between what I do onstage and what I do in my private life. I don't put my living room on magazine pages.

Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!

Some people believe that they should have two different lives, and one is what they show on TV and one is their personal life. I am not that person.

In my mind, not in real life. My rap name will be Optimus Rhymes. Or the Notorious B.o.B.

I've played so many jobs where I'm fearless, but it's far from me. I wish I were like that in real life.

I've scammed so many people throughout my whole life who never learned my true identity until I started acting.

In France I'm very private, I don't like talking about my life, and I imagined that people would think that I'm now an open book.

You try to be arrogant in songs because you can't be in real life.