Vince Vaughn Quotes

A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That's kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.

My band persona is 25% tougher than I am.

I became an actor so I didn't have to be myself.

Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.

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

In my work, I want to convince people that I'm that character. If they know everything about Lesley Manville - private life, all of that stuff - it doesn't help. So the kind of anonymity I enjoy is key.

I'm a normal guy at heart. But on stage, they don't pay me for normal.

Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.

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?

Acting is what I do with who I am.

For me, everything is a performance.

I never tried to put myself in situations where I had to be anything other than what people saw on TV.

When I'm on stage I become a different beast.

We are all doing drag. Every single person on this planet is doing it.

You sort of perform your personality, I guess, to everyone on some level.

As a game-show host, what I'm thinking and what I'm experiencing doesn't matter. My opinion doesn't matter. So there's a flattened reality to it. It's fun to do. But it's certainly not myself in totality - or even maybe a little bit.

As an actor, there are so many different people to hide behind.

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

It's so easy in these cabaret venues to get earnest.

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 my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

Our show doesn't rely on the typical whistles and bells, and smoke and mirrors. It relies mostly on the music.

I play a character every day of my life, and I don't want to play a character as myself. They can judge me as an actress, not as a person. I'm not a spokeswoman for Anna.

Modeling gave me an opportunity to be someone I'm not each day.