The Chameleighon

cha•me•le•on
–noun

1. any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.

2. any of several American lizards capable of changing the color of the skin, esp. Anolis carolinensis (American chameleon), of the southeastern U.S.

3. a changeable, fickle, or inconstant person.


"The chameleon thing is mine. I like not having a profile, that feeling of not knowing what you're going to see from one movie to the next because you're watching that character, not me. Reading or hearing people write about you is terribly alienating. I don't want attention for myself. I don't get followed, and I'm not one of those people who's whispered about in restaurants. I don't really think that I'm that recognizable. Or maybe that's just some wish I have. My ideal life would be to play all these great characters and disappear, in terms of the world." – Movieline, 1992

"I really like being anonymous. I'm too introverted and uncomfortable talking about myself. The best thing about acting is that it allows you to disappear into someone else." – Premiere, 1994

"I like the comparison to [Johnny] Depp because with him, the way he transforms himself from role to role, he's just this miraculous changeling and people really get behind it. But with me, people sometimes have a problem." - Times Online, 2005