Quotes About Persona

I personally don't feel like I'm really different with the mask on or not, but I don't really like to take interviews or go talk to other people or in front of other people.

I just try to be myself in interviews, you do get a lot of people that change, put a front on to try and be something they're not.

So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough on stage.

I've always just introduced myself as Adam Copeland. I never really thought too much about it.

For me, it's important that as you're introducing yourself, you show different dimensions.

I'm fairly introverted, but when I do stuff like a Maxim shoot, there's a side of me I call Gillian.

A lot of what I say isn't my real thoughts, it's this character, and maybe that's true for a lot of comedians. It's really the inversion of my thoughts.

Being an actor in Hollywood involves lots of things beyond acting. Charm really helps.

It hard to be real heel, like Iron Sheik-class.

This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.

When I'm acting in TV or movies, I'm a character. But when I'm doing music, I'm Trevor Jackson.

The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, filming a biopic.

When the lights in the arena turn on, I'm Mickie James all the time.

I was fortunate enough to be able to keep my real name and build a whole bio around Mickie James.

I can't imagine what it would be like being James Bond 24 hours. That must be exhausting.

Sable was a character I played for three years, but I am Rena. It would be the same as if Sean Connery went through life being called James Bond.

The way that you are when you're allowed to be yourself is very different from when you're, say, being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman. You're never given the breathing space.

With acting, you have to become someone else. That's the fun part of it for me - to step outside of yourself and become a character. I guess being Jimmy Cliff is a little bit of a character, too.

As a human being, Joan Crawford is a great actress.

The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in 'Mommie Dearest' is not the Joan Crawford I knew back when.

Fame is not who I am. It's not even what I do. It's just a part of my job.

A role I would not do: cool jock. That's not something I'd be interested in doing.

I'm always gonna be Joe Namath, and I'm not running from that.

He's made a business out of being Joe DiMaggio. To remain Joe DiMaggio, you better not have too much known. He's right. The closer you get, the more explosively bad stuff you find.