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
At the beginning, in 1999, the town of Shandaken intended to act the part.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2016
It beggars belief to think San Diegans wouldn’t want to look and act the part as supporters groups in Portland, Seattle and elsewhere do so with such panache.
From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2014
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
