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I've been called a lot of things.

I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.

I've certainly never used my father's name as a way of getting a meeting. And fortunately, I've never needed to.

If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine.

When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.

Names are what people sometimes use to excuse their thoughts and actions towards you.

I make up names for people all the time - it's part of writing. Very often, the name comes with the character, along with of a sense of who they are and what they do.

My guess is my brother would call his mom and his dad pretty regularly, a lot more than I probably did.

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.