Quotes about Persona

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

You're three or four different men but each of them out in the open. Like all Americans.

No one can wear a mask for very long.

It is character that communicates most eloquently...In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

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

I'm not like a real person. I love being artificial. I think there's a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real, but look so artificial at the same time.

Cock your hat - angles are attitudes.

There is the "you" that people see and then there is the "rest of you". Take some time and craft a picture of the "rest of you." This could be a drawing, in words, even a song. Just remember that the chances are good it will be full of paradox and contradictions.

There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.

Performing is my therapy, to become different people onstage.

She liked to keep only the bright side of herself turned towards him. She liked to shine.

Is that all we are? he thinks. Unmistakable clothing, a hairstyle, a few exaggerated features, a gesture? —