Persona Quotes
I have no idea what my persona would be. As far as I'm concerned, I'm changing all the time.
The persona in my stories may be truer to my "real" self than any alleged objective, factual "I" that I could replicate for the purposes of storytelling.
There's just something about me and my persona that's a little bit bigger than life and ridiculous at times.
My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny.
Singing other people's material was perceived, I think, as a weakness of my persona. The effect, though, was to make me dig my heels in and try even harder to combine the two.
Being honest in the spotlight is the worst idea . But I do like when artists are honest and are able to build a persona for the artwork with their honesty. That's really good.
I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.
Your stage persona is usually a version of yourself, to varying degrees. Some folks do a full-on character, so that's different. But most comics do some version of themselves.
I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice, but I don't think comics see it like a character in a novel.
It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!
It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. That's how I come to know trees fear man.
Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.
(reporter interviewing Broadway dancer Tommy Tune:) 'Do you think that greats like Fred Astaire possessed some kind of magic?'(pause)'No. Magic possesses them'.
And that's when I heard the whisper in my heart's ear: "It's not about your childhood. It's about who you are!
Rumors run wild when one sacrifices for self and temporarily forsakes those who assume entitlement to one's persona.
Using the voice is a physical act, one that first announces the existence of the body of residence and then trumpets its arrival in a public space.
You think you must fit the role others have laid out for you. That is the lie you need to conquer.
Behind every face lies a mask. Behind it lies another onion layer of mask. If you peel the skins, you may cry.
He hasn’t really seen you, not as you want to be seen, but he’s starting to, a little.
But I have never wanted to be perceived as chatty and bright. I have always wanted to be solemn and mysterious.
I am so afraid that strangers with think me good! and there is a degree of hypocrisy in appearing much better than one is.” - Hannah More
The outfit, tight in places, and loose in some, says as much in the buttons as it does in cuffs.
I insist on caprice as a necessary countermeasure to slavery. Otherwise, my own dictatorial mind must take -- unknown to me -- its instructions from a mastermind.
