The Undertaker Quotes

Whenever I play something, everybody just thinks that's who I am.

What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.

Well, you create your own persona, don't you? And you have to live with that. But the people that I meet, they don't think that I'm a lunatic. And if they do, then that's OK, because it means that I'm playing the parts all right.

I'm not a big fan of just cultivating an image.

There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.

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.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

I don't want a 'good' image.

The more people know about you, the less they can project who you are supposed to be. It's unfortunate that you really only get one shot at that.

Sometimes when I go out on the road, I feel almost embarrassed or dismayed because I can't be the image of what kids want me to be. So I just try to be myself, and usually that works out OK.

I've introduced myself with comedy, and once you've introduced yourself as something, that's where people keep you. That's where people like to hold you.

I think if you watch a lot of what I do, you're going to ultimately walk away seeing me. I can't hide - that impression is a personal impression people have of me.

I go wild on a stage. Some folks have measured us an image. They pretend us to be saints. And that image is much tougher to keep up with. Because that's not who we are.

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

Don't get me wrong. I want people to know who I am.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

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

Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.

I don't leave the house without thinking of how to represent myself.

My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.

I'm trying to have some control over my image.

I have never been interested in presenting myself.

I'm happier on the runway than I am on the red carpet. Because then I am not being myself. I think, on the red carpet, it's a weird, like, 'Who am I? Am I me? Am I them?'

When you are in the public eye, it is really counterproductive to think about how you're viewed in the eyes of others. You just have to be who you are.

I never manufactured my persona.