Anybody who knew me growing up calls me Vinny.
The only real reason for self-referencing is the fun factor. It's fun for the writer, getting little peeks at what old characters might be up to. And it's fun for readers to spot a familiar face, or pick up on a made-up book title or something from an earlier story. I don't know that it does -- or even should -- contribute to the story in hand being any better than it would have been without it.
And they like being able to turn on the television day in and day out to see someone that they know and they feel comfortable with and trust hopefully and respect even.
Nothing will surprise us more than when we get to heaven and see the Father and realize how well we know Him and how familiar His face is to us.
'Ders' is something I've been called since I was six by neighbors and stuff growing up.
I am one of those faces that it's sometimes, 'Oh my God, you look so familiar, but I can't pinpoint it.'
People know they have seen me somewhere, but they don't know where. They think I'm their next-door neighbor.
Occasionally people will look at me and do a double take and they'll look at me like they're trying to think where they know me from.
I just believe pregnant women need a familiar face, someone who isn't related to them who they may have all this emotional past with, to be there, just for them, during the birth.
People recognize me from everything and as soon as I think I know where they know me from, I'm always wrong.
The barman sidled toward them out of a back room. He was a grump-looking old man with a great deal of a long gray hair and a beard. He was tall and thin and looked vaguely familiar to Harry.
The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains--beautiful! I linger yet with nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man, and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness I learned the language of another world.
If an actor or actress is recognizable, that changes our perception of them.
Oh that was your girl? I thought I recognized her.
