Paul Stanley Quotes

What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.

When I perform, I usually wear wigs because I love them.

The masks, for us, are more of a way to present ourselves live, you know?

It seems like if you are not painted up special way or have some tailor made outfit to put on to go out on stage... I don't know... there's too much of it out there.

There's a persona that musicians carry with them. I like to find what's under the persona.

An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them.

Gaga is an entertainer, so a hat for her is part of the illusion of entertaining.

Even on the stage, I've played a bit of a persona, and the persona I played was a much brasher, more arrogant, less aware, less educated version of me.

If you're going to pretend to be somebody you're not - which is the whole point of being a rock star - then why not just invent fake characters and have them do it all for you?

I never had a gimmick. All I had was a pair of boots and a pair of tights.

As an actor, there are a lot of personas and personalities that you carry. Whatever you wear, you adapt to it, and people feel that's your style. But that's not necessarily an actor's style. There are some things that are very 'you,' and some are only to suit your persona.

Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.

When someone comes forward and is an individual, such as a Lady Gaga or a Katy Perry, people respond to them because there is that sense of innocence. It's obviously dress up and theatre.

As actors, we get to hide. You can change your hair and your accent, and it's not you. You have tricks, these masks.

I love a beautiful gown on stage, and luckily I've been fortunate to wear some amazing dresses.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage. There are some people who carry it all the time. That, to me, is not acting.

I think I'm always adopting a persona. That's how I look at pop music. I don't feel like I have to be myself. I feel like I have to be true to myself, but I don't have to show an exact picture of who I am.

In my early performing days, I played gigs under the pseudonym Whitey McFearsun. I painted my face blue, wore crimson lipstick, and strung on some tight silver latex pants.

People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.

All that celebrity stuff isn't me. It's just not acting.

Getting all dressed up and putting on fancy clothes - all of that's a great thing, but oddly, it doesn't really have a lot to do with acting most of the time.

I didn't have a particular persona. I'm not Alice Cooper, you know?

When I've got all the makeup on and all the spit, polish and glue together, I look fine. But I know what I really look like, and I'm still that same little kid under there. I don't think I look that great. I think I did a good job of creating Morgan Fairchild. But I created her.

In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character.