Acting Persona Quotes

I don't really look like I do in any of my films.

There are plenty of actors who've caught the singing bug and vice versa, but with musical performers, you're constantly a persona - which is something I love about acting: you play a character, you leave and you get to be yourself again.

So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona.

Having a persona people recognize, it's the thing that probably gets you paid the most - but it's also the thing that virtually every actor in the world doesn't want. 'Cause, like, no one would believe me if I wanted to play something ultra-realistic, like a gangster or something.

One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I certainly think of him that way, but I also know him as a terrific actor. You know, that persona that he puts on when he's doing his music comes from being an actor, figuring out a persona.

When the camera is on, I am an actor; otherwise, I am an ordinary person.

When it comes to the Alexa Bliss character, everyone says the character has to be an extension of yourself turned up. But I feel like I am the complete opposite of Alexa Bliss.

While I was doing the first season of 'Girl In The City,' a lot of people remembered me through my character name. None of them knew my real name, and my onscreen name, Meera, became my identity.

When I go on stage, I'm a different man. I become Chubby Checker, And when I'm not Chubby Checker, I'm preparing to be him.

I'm usually the character people love to hate, because I used to play bad girls all the time.

When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.

I'm a personality - like a George Plimpton who effectively plays himself in a bunch of different roles, or a Paul Lynde-type character.

I often play characters on TV shows that are more sweet and naive and just kind of puppy-dog eyes, and I don't think I am like that as a person.

I definitely have a stage persona. I don't walk around scowling at people too often.

Instantly when I'm acting, I kick into Frank Agnew face.

Sometimes in Brazil, I work harder to make characters different and believable and to overcome the persona I have.

People often think I've played the villain more times than I have.

I found myself sort of becoming a character actor, though I don't know if that would be my natural makeup.

Most actors and actresses are performative as people.

I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I've been doing okay, haven't I?

I am very different to how people think I am. It's the characters I play that they are responding to.

I'm actually a thin serious person but I play fat and funny, but only for the movies.

I'm shy. People get confused. They think as an actor you can get up and be confident on the screen. Why aren't you like this in normal life? Why can't you act in your social life? 'Because I can't!'

I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache or an accent.

When I am in front of the camera or on stage, I am not me.