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
In his teens he went through a skateboarding phase, but he could never act the part.
From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2019
“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
At the beginning, in 1999, the town of Shandaken intended to act the part.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2016
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
