Quotes About Persona

At this point, if I were to psychoanalyze myself, I'd have to say I am a clown, cleverly disguised as a regular person.

Bill Maher fancies himself the reincarnation of Lenny Bruce.

I actually envy actors who have a persona: 'This is the way I am. This is the part I play.' And do it over and over and over. To me, that's a lot easier than trying to reinvent yourself every six months.

We live in an era of reinvention: Madonna and everybody desperately trying to change their persona.

The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.

Relax. I am not the man I am portrayed to be by some.

I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.

People think I rush around all day long like a raving lunatic. I'm much more relaxed than that.

Salman is a very relaxed and chilled out guy with no pretentions. What you see is what you get. That's great in an industry which survives on creating images and personas.

I have no issues in talking about my personal life, but I feel it takes away from my career and my characters, especially when a film is about to release.

I don't believe I've ever played a hip dude. I don't think I would have the wherewithal to do that.

I can't look hip, but I don't want to be hip.

Who was the real Hitchcock? I interviewed him once and haven't a clue.

My name is Ella; that's who I am at school, hanging out with friends, while I'm doing homework. But when I'm up on stage, 'Lorde' is a character.

One of my complaints with American TV characters is that they all have a particular schtick, a hook.

You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.

I hope I'm thought of as not just a showbiz personality, but as someone who has lived a life and who has hopefully made a contribution to something along the way - someone who is a human being as well as an actress.

Hopefully it doesn't come as too much of a shock that artists we love watching or listening to for an hour or two aren't always people with whom we otherwise would want to spend 20 minutes.

I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

I don't care about how many times somebody recognizes my face.

I'm a huge fan of Andy Kaufman. He made his living just being all sorts of characters, and nobody really knowing who the real Andy Kaufman is. And in a sense, I don't think any of you know who the real Trisha Paytas is either.

Image plays a huge part in my music and in my lifestyle.

I'm not sure I'm the sort of actor people are hugely interested in finding out an awful lot about.

Hulk is Hulk 24 hours a day, Ric Flair is Ric Flair 24 hours a day. There are some guys that no matter what environment they're in or what the scenario is, they're that guy because they really are that guy.