This analysis offers a look at the concepts of "status", which is like a part in a play; and "role", which serves as a script, supplying dialogue and action for the characters. Just as on the stage, people in their everyday lives manage settings, clothing, words, and nonverbal actions to give a particular impression to others. Goffman described each individual's "performance" as the "presentation of self"; a person's efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others. This process is also sometimes called "impression management".