Character Image Quotes

I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.'

Nothing beats an 'Archers' fan for their levels of devotion. I think it's because it's radio, and you obviously conjure up an image of the character that is so powerful.

One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.

In wrestling, my mustache made me look more like a villain. A good mustache can give you the look of the devil.

On a show like 'Oz,' I was wearing Dickies and a cut-off shirt and a gold cross.

In other ways, you constantly have to change people's opinion of you as one thing, especially if you want to play different roles. You have to shatter that image sometimes. I've had to do it before with stage roles, to get roles. I'm drawn to kind of darker, misfit things. I would like to, especially in film, play against type and do some heavier stuff. I'm intrigued by projects that deal with problematic people and things.

Most people don't see Hamlet as an old bald guy.

I'm not allowed to wear my street clothes on TV because Vince McMahon says I don't look like CM Punk when I'm not in my gear.

In the ring, it's fun to be the bad guy, but 24 hours a day, when you have to talk to kids, and you see Make-A-Wish kids that love you, the bad guy stuff is not fun. I'd rather be a good guy 24 hours a day than a bad guy just for a few minutes in the ring.

If I open a Batman book, and he doesn't look right, I can't do it. It has so much to do with the art.

The Vixen character is not quite me. A part of that is putting up this huge front of being strong, impenetrable, really tough and a little bit condescending.

I've always been battling this perception people have of me, this character. It follows me around. 'Bubba the Bear' shows up when I'm checking into a hotel, when I'm on a plane. I can't get upset with people if they're only aware of a small part of my body of work. But inside I do.

Robert Kirkman can't bear it when I wear flip-flops. He takes pictures of my flip-flops and keeps sending them to me, like, 'What are you doing? Rick Grimes is not a flip-flop kind of guy.'

I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?

I don't know who made the first Aquaman joke. I'm sure it was comics readers; maybe we all did. But it's the idea that the perpetuated story of Aquaman is that he only has powers in water, and he talks to fish. I think it's the idea of him in the middle of a city just doesn't make a lot of sense to people. It's just the character itself.

My career choices aren't based on the popularity of my character; I have never intended to capitalise on my fan base.

I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.

You won't ever see me being totally sexy on 'Rookie Blue.' It's not right for the character, anyway.

I think the only way it has influenced me is to cause me to try to branch out and do other things. So that people will know that I am reaching out and trying to be a little more versatile. So they realize he is not a "Dirty Harry." He doesn't advocate martial law or mayhem -it's a character.

I do think people see us on WWE so often as just characters. They forget we have real lives and we go through similar situations as the average person.

I think the beard plays a slight factor to my presence on the mound. It's kind of part of the persona now. Everyone in Chicago embraced it, so I got to keep it. I can't ditch it now.

Han Solo would never wear the earring Harrison Ford wears.

I always designed my robes and how I would present myself at every fight.

I had a very specific idea of the personal nature of the story I wanted to tell, really changing the image and the perception of Kratos.

The audiences have a certain perspective of every heroine and one should not go against it.