Billy Dee Williams Quotes

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?

I feel more comfortable when I'm somebody else, I think. When I'm taking a picture as myself, the whole idea of taking a headshot, to me, feels very false.

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

The woman who made those movies, that's not me. She's someone else.

No one knows who the real me is, so I can be a hundred different kinds of me.

I don't believe we have a professional self from Mondays through Fridays and a real self for the rest of the time.

I've no idea what they make of me. People usually don't recognise themselves in an impression.

I think Zippy is part of me, but I'm not Zippy.

It's lame to say that I'm a normal girl, but I think I am.

My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

Like, that was weird in 'Hamlet 2,' because I played myself there, fully myself, but then I realized, 'Oh, I'm not playing myself. I'm some weird version of myself.' So as an actress, you're always playing something, I don't even know who I am, how could I become me? I don't know what that is.

There's my personal life, my sensitive side, and then me as a performer, sexy and energised and fun.

As hard as I try to sound tough and dark, I still sound cute.

I think I always resented the fact that people thought I was trying to entertain them with my multifaceted, chameleonlike character changes. Although I liked doing that, I wasn't out to fool people and say 'Guess which one is me.'

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

I'd like people to understand that I do have some personality.

I find it very hard to play a part, then take it off like a cheap suit and become Mr Normal - Mr. Nice Guy.

We are all just little dolls of ourselves. Who occasionally pull back the curtains to reveal the real us.

Most of what we say about ourselves is a wonderful piece of storytelling.

At first, I didn't realize it was gonna be a character. I just thought I was gonna be doing me.

I've given up on trying to explain myself, or trying to set the record straight, or trying to get people to understand what I'm really like as a man, outside of my acting, outside of my job.

If I put on a tie and play what I really think I am, I'm a disaster.

I feel like the better version of myself is on paper... I'd rather have people know me on paper.