Quotes About Persona

Fame changes everything. When you're well-known, you're expected to be different. Some people assume you must have a yacht and four homes. Or that you're famous because you are 'A Decent Man'.

Yeah, I'd make a decent Bond. But it'd be very, very different if I did it.

Yeah, I think Michael has had to deal with that label of being Michael Caine for a long time.

Yeah, I have a tough-girl image.

People always expect Hulk Hogan to be standing up straight, or to have the bandanna on, or to not have my arms covered up. If I have an extra large shirt on people go 'oh yeah you look small.' It kind of ruins the mystique.

For a comedienne, you have to have a little tragedy or a dark side, just not too much. Otherwise it's too disruptive.

What you see on the campaign trail is me. It's easy being me.

When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.

See, all actors pretend. I enjoy that pretence. I don't wear heels in real life, but if it is for a character, I love to get into the traits of the person I am playing.

Some people seem to think football is like theatre and that everyone has to play the good guy. But I think that you transform when you cross the white line: you're not the same person as off it.

As soon as the makeup comes on, I transform myself. I like being an entertainer and putting on a show.

When they say 'action' I transform into a reserved person and as soon as they say 'cut' I am Sanjeeda.

Other kinds of movie stars, it's a different thing, they bring their persona to the part and that's what people like to see, and they are not really transforming in terms of their character.

I get hugs all the time from strangers. I do believe that people can feel your persona when you perform live, but it is one of the nicest things if you can translate that on your records.

Being real in pro wrestling has paid off. Just being myself - that really translated to the fans.

To me, the Seventies were very inspirational and very influential... With my whole persona as Snoop Dogg, as a person, as a rapper. I just love the Seventies style, the way all the players dressed nice, you know, kept their hair looking good, drove sharp cars and they talked real slick.

Be as you wish to seem

the great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be

We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.

Plimpton was a presence. He looked for ways in which he could make himself ridiculous. That made him a great storyteller.

Je sentis inconsciemment que tu mènes une double vie, une vie dont une face claire est franchement tournée vers le monde, tandis que l'autre, plongée dans l'ombre, n'est connue que de toi seul. Cette profonde dualité, le secret de ton existence

Image is what people perceive my life to be. It's nothing like the truth.

The truth of a man is first and foremost what he hides.

There is a difference between the facts of a person and the truth of him.