#impersonation

The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature. ↗

— George P. Baker

#adequate #characterization #desire #dialogue #dramatic

Usually, impersonations come out of something you dig, because you're listening to it over and over. And you kind of start developing... You're really trying to emulate them, then you realize, 'I sound ridiculous doing this. Oh, hey, maybe this is a funny impersonation.' ↗

— Alex Borstein

#come #developing #dig #doing #emulate

I love doing impersonations of people. ↗

— Benedict Cumberbatch

#i #i love #impersonations #love #people

It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#child #funny #i #impersonations #like

I used to do impersonations: Harry Butler in the wild, or I'd do Gough Whitlam. ↗

— David Wenham

#harry #i #impersonations #used #wild

I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you! ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#be happy #because #cow #elephant #good

The thing is', (Rufus) Stone said, 'that if you don't believe that you are an old man, or a woman, or a tramp, then how can you expect anyone else to believe you? Looking the part is just the surface; being the part is the true disguise. ↗

— Andy Lane

#actor #art #believe #disguise #impersonation

There are people who do De Niro and Walken impersonations. ↗

— Anthony Michael Hall

#impersonations #niro #people #walken #who

The truth of the matter is, all of those guys on Star Trek: The Next Generation actually want to be me. These impersonations they do are just some way of trying to feel what it must be like to be me. And I understand that! Because it feels really good to be Patrick Stewart! ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#because #feel #feels #generation #good

The one thing I could do was voices and impersonations and weird characters, and there was really no call for that, except on Saturday Night Live. ↗

— Phil Hartman

#characters #could #except #i #impersonations