程砚秋的性情十分刚烈，这和他在舞台上塑造的那一系列可歌可泣的弱女子恰成对比。他的刚烈，有时表现为要强和抗争，有时表现为任性和鲁芥，有时则是不能用言语名状的无奈。比如，程年轻时拜在梅兰芳的门下，梅年长他10岁，梅那时已然大红，或者说梅在程的年纪时就已然红了。 Cheng Yanqiu’s temperament is very staunch, and he is on stage in the series of epic weeping weak women just as contrast. His fierce and strong, sometimes manifested as stronger and more contemptuous, sometimes manifested as capricious and ineffective, and sometimes as helpless in words. For example, when she was young, she worshiped at Mei Lanfang’s door. When she was 10 years old, Mei was already red at that time, or she was already red when she was old.