Quotes About Persona

Before, it had been fame, and then super-fame came. And then it became super-super-fame. One loses one's personal life, really; you're recognized everywhere. But I embraced that.

Do I get recognized? I guess it depends on if I'm wearing a hat or not. The hairdo is a dead giveaway. There's nothing I can do. It's just the way my hair grows.

Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough.

Under my real name, Pepe Sosa, I recorded 'El Mundo' by Jimmy Fontana and 'Ma Vie' by Alain Barrier.

I don't mind the audience identifying me with Red.

The recognition factor is so much higher when I'm a redhead, so when I'm a blonde I can pass under the radar a lot more easily.

I've established this kind of wild persona and these redneck party songs and a live show that's kind of rowdy, but I don't want people to think that's what I'm all about.

Bobcat Goldthwait

You're only reduced to a cliche if you don't humanize a character.

In the classic 70s episodes, Columbo is rarely seen on his own. We typically do not see Columbo 'for himself,' only for the criminal, leaving the possibility that the entire Columbo persona - his shambling manner, his absent mindedness, even his references to his wife - may all be a performance designed to disarm the murderer.

I realize people feel a complex way about me and how I handle things compared to what I do in the ring.

I've kept evolving the character. At first, you hated Goldust with a passion, then you laughed with him.

For some reason, I'm the guy people love to hate, which I think is weird. People who know me find that very strange, but for some reason, I am. I don't mind being that guy - I have fun with it.

I hate hearing me talk when I'm not in character, and I can barely deal with hearing me as a character.

As soon as someone hears the name 'Situation,' they're gonna kind of know that it's gonna be good.

I am the greatest heel, which means the bad guy in the wrestling history.

If you look back at people like The Rock there are times when earlier in his career he was doing heel stuff and he was so entertaining that people cheered for him. The natural thing to do was turn him babyface.

Mr. McMahon the character is a very effective heel.

Everyone likes to be the heel. Everyone wants to be the bad guy. I mean, I love being the bad guy, but the crowd doesn't want me to be a bad guy. In real life, I'm too much of a good guy to be a bad guy.

I love being a heel.

If you're selling t-shirts as a heel - you're selling them - then you've failed miserably.

On the 'Revenge' set, even if they're not showing my feet, I'll still wear my heels because it gets me in the feeling of Ashley Davenport.

Every man is a hero to his alias.

I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure.