I think that my father would find it so confusing that people want to imitate him. Not because he didn't have confidence in who he was, but because he never imitated anybody. He was his own person.
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I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.
I was probably a bit of a mimic when I was a kid, and I used to imitate people.
Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
The best thing anyone can do is be himself. Everyone was made different by God, and that's the way it should be. And if I were a writer or an announcer starting out, I don't think I'd imitate anybody. I'd try to be whatever I am.
I had my father, and he was an amazing man and an amazing role model, so I always wanted to mirror that.
A lot of things you just stumble into: relationships or ways of putting characters opposite one another that really worked. So then it's not always so much about imitating other people, but imitating yourself, at least in your thinking.
My style statement is to be myself! Because if you try to imitate someone else, you will end up feeling uncomfortable.
Dad lived his life in a way that it was his character, not his circumstances, that dictated what his life looked like.
In my mind, I always knew what my father looked like.
I never wanted to be like anyone growing up. It's always been about the enjoyment, and I've just never wanted to imitate anyone.
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