I definitely play roles that are close to my persona. I was dying to be an actor, my whole life. I just… — Drea de Matteo Copy Share Image
We approach nonfiction at a much different level than we approach fiction or poetry or drama: that there's almost no room for… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
As far as which writers embody this form of gentle power - Tobias Wolff, for sure. His persona and his writing both… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I weave in and out of Ethel. I don't ever want to be so corny to the point of saying, like, 'I… — Ethel Cain Copy Share Image
Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
I had a persona as a player, and I know this will come as a shock, but I liked to talk. But… — Shannon Sharpe Copy Share Image
The sight of a child…will arouse certain longings in adult, civilized persons — longings which relate to the unfulfilled desires and needs… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Using pseudonyms was such a part of the early feminist movement. We didn't want to have this star system. We wanted attention… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
In HEATHEN, R. Flowers Rivera remixes the classical and the Biblical, the usual and the typical until what we thought we knew… — Terrance Hayes Copy Share Image
Gay is a subculture, a slur, a set of gestures, a slang, a look, a posture, a parade, a rainbow flag, a… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
My favorite actors are actors who are enigmatic and mysterious and never make the obvious choice in terms of the projects they… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
He pulled the Carstairs family ring from his finger and held it out to Will. "Take it." Will let his eyes drift… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“What does this wildish intuition do for women? Like the wolf, intuition has claws that pry things open and pin things down,… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
It is time for us to take off our masks, to step out from behind our personas - whatever they might be:… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
There's this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
“I was pretending, the way I often did, pretending to have a personality. I cant help it, it's what I've always done:… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Twitter is about creating whatever persona you want to create and either sticking with it or changing it or evolving it or… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
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… — Sally Hawkins Copy Share Image
I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona. With my children, I'm just 'Mom.' At the end of the… — Queen Rania of Jordan Copy Share Image
There were a lot of contradictions between Marcello's[ Mastroianni] public persona and who he was in private. The fact that Italy chose… — Giovanna Cau Copy Share Image
I actually envy actors who have a persona: 'This is the way I am. This is the part I play.' And do… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
“We are not really who we project as a persona. We are simply our selves living our lives to the best of… — David Carlyle Copy Share Image
I fell into presenting after doing about a decade of parody shows of presenter-based shows, and a lot of it was me… — Angus Deayton Copy Share Image
“Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It's very difficult when there are pictures taken on the red carpet. I find those things so terrifying that another persona just… — Joely Richardson Copy Share Image
I'm a mezzo-soprano, so the whole diva thing... I'm not the kind of performer who puts on a persona off-stage as well,… — Joyce DiDonato Copy Share Image
I love the way she projects two facets: a visible persona and a subterranean one. She keeps her thoughts to herself; she… — Francois Truffaut Copy Share Image
No matter who you are, no matter what greatness you've achieved in your life or what gifts you've given to the rest… — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
I think it's basically the same game, although with a public figure like [Donald] Trump I think you are bound to consider… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
So all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal Persona is unbombable? Trust me son, I continue like a saga do, bringin' you the… — Rakim Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in San Diego, I would read fashion magazines and Interview magazine, and all of that really inspired… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
I usually always think of characters and sometimes the characters are a little bit invented, so it's nice to give these invented,… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
As I get older, I'm sort of fascinated with the idea of somebody who could construct an entire persona for themselves -… — Will Arnett Copy Share Image
If I'm meeting somebody for the first time, I don't look them up on Wikipedia, or I try not to, because I… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
Well, I always try to look at my characters as being better than I am. That's one of the reasons I guess… — Bruce Davison Copy Share Image
For me, being a public persona, I was always wondering, 'Was a man dating me for who I was? Was there an… — Gina Neely Copy Share Image
I think my ultimate fashion icon would have to be Gwen Stefani. I love her persona; I love what she embodies and… — Tinashe Copy Share Image
“En el amor no está escrito yo voy amar a tal persona y no a la otra. Muchas veces en la vida… — David Elías Cotos Espinoza Copy Share Image
Whatever role we were in our family of birth, we take on this persona and in your 20s and 30s in particular,… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
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