act the part
Example Sentences
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He said that you’re “acting twice if you’re famous; your job is to be an actor and your other job is act the part of a movie star.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
“He will look the part and will act the part, but I’m sure he’d rather not have the part.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2019
“You have to look the part, and act the part for President Trump,” one administration official said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2018
They act the part of an American actor.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 29, 2017
In 1878, he started Chicago’s first black newspaper, the Conservator, and called blacks to action: “We are no longer slaves. We intend to act the part of free men.”
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
