Quotes About Persona

The Miz came in as a way to say exactly what I was feeling and not have any repercussions for it because it was a character I was playing.

It is very difficult for an actor to replace another actor who has already created an image.

Actors and magicians are both performers, and they represent things that are not necessarily who they are.

I don't discuss my own beliefs in public, but I will say the beliefs I've given my characters do not necessarily represent what I myself believe.

The belt doesn't represent me; it's how you deal with people, how you represent yourself as a champion. The belt is a sign of a champion, but what makes a champion is the things I have just said.

When I talk about celebrities, I don't dislike them - it's what they represent.

The masks were more of a representation of what you wanted to present as yourself.

One point about understanding Donald Trump is that he is always representing something which has only a casual connection to what he actually is.

I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly.

There was something about Marilyn. She couldn't act her way out of a bag, but she became an icon because something happened between her and the lens, and no one knows what it is.

It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.

You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.

Every human being is special because they all have identities.

Now I'm just known as McDreamy, I've lost all identity as Patrick Dempsey, I'm now McDreamy.

I'm dying to fool around with the distance between Selina Kyle and Catwoman. And, you know, the whole double identity thing is endlessly fascinating. I mean, you can always find another riff for it.

Gaga is an entertainer, so a hat for her is part of the illusion of entertaining.

I'm not under any illusion that I'm an A-lister; I don't think I'm even on the alphabet scale. But I'm in people's houses every day - I'm there when they wake up and there when they go to bed. So people think they know who I am. And, to a certain extent, they do.

I'm an actor. I hate to blow everyone's illusions.

I keep the bad-boy image just to make my fans happy.

Contrary to my image, I do have a sense of humour.

I know very well the difference between my image and who I am.

I still have this image: I can't be controversial, I can't say things.

I've never tried to manipulate my image.

Of course, that is true of a lot of people, whether they drink or not - celebrities or actors have an image they've created, and an image people like of them.