Some actors become so well known for a particular role that it follows them even if they do something outside of the entertainment industry (like Arnold Schwarzenegger being known as the Governator, or Ronald Reagan being called the Gipper).
Believe it or not, this phenomenon can even affect non-professional actors. A local, non-professional actress named Marian Carter played the role of the Senora Moreno in the Ramona Outdoor Play (an annual play in Hemet, CA) for so many years that she came to be known as her character. People would call her at work and ask for the Senora (and everyone knew what they meant). Fortunately, she had a sense of humor and embraced this, even getting a vanity license plate that read 1SENORA.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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