Manson himself was famously adept at shape-shifting, altering himself to suit his audience.
Cohle, of course, applies the same meticulous attention to detail to undercover work as he does to investigation, altering himself physically (using inking cayenne to make his arms look needle-marked) and psychologically (extended staring matches with himself in the mirror, presumably to get into character).
Physically altering himself isn't all Cranston has to do to get into character.
On "To Cure a Weakling Child," he alters himself to sound like (of course) a child, surrounded by what sounds like an array of cut-up tongue clicks.
As much as Davis alters himself, you hear his phrases, and even his tone, at the core of that changed sound.
He began to alter things about himself, but in small, comfortable ways.
Mr. Noterdaeme, 43, who was born in Brussels and teaches art at the New School and at New York University, has invented an alter ego for himself as the museum director.
And it's worth a look: Wozniak has created an intriguing alter ego for himself: an endearing frilly-shirted standup throwback whose brisk but misfiring routine exposes the faultlines in mother-in-law comedy.
By the time Seagal was recognised as a tulku (reincarnation) of the 17th-century translator-teacher Terton Chungdrag Dorje, he had established a familar screen alter ego for himself: a karate-chopping defender of the underdog, fighting evil and corruption with his bare hands and dispensing brutal justice to all who stand against him.
By the time of the release of the Doors' third album, Waiting for the Sun (1968), Morrison had created a shamanistic alter ego for himself, the Lizard King; the singer's poem "The Celebration of the Lizard King" was printed inside the record jacket.
