How pro-lifers are perceived by those who oppose us is important.
I don't see myself being perceived as a Bollywood star and I wouldn't want to be that either.
If you perceive someone to be stylish then even if they are shabbily dressed you would consider that as a new style statement.
No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you're perceived to be doing, your job is never done. Every day, you get up and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.
I think what you think of as the American people embracing - I don't think, on paper, I embody anything of that perceived persona. I think that's what people are latching on to, that I'm different.
And if you get caught up in combing the Internet for what people think of you or how people perceive you, I think that's a slippery slope.
As an actor, you just like to be able to play as much range. I just want to be invisible. I want to be able to be perceived as an artist as opposed to 'a black actor': that's the joy.
Generally, as a composer, it's perceived as an employer-employee relationship.
Women fail, very simply, if they have no guidance and friendships in art, if they are not perceived as, or permitted to be, artists, and if they have no institutional access.
I think - everything just in the political realm - women are usually perceived to be more trustworthy and compassionate. And they usually fare well against their male counterpart.
