Quotes About Expression

When I was painting portraits and - shall we say? - rather allegorical heads, which is the figurative work which immediately preceded the direction I have since gone, these images were always of a very fixed, rigid quality, and, of course, my work still has this aspect.

The characters I portray are an extension of what I've seen, heard, or read, and so what you see in my films are how I understand life.

As a dancer, when you're moving, you're listening to music so much because you're trying to portray it with your body. You're dissecting a song way more than anyone would actually think you are.

I love clothes so much. I feel like whatever I wear is an insight for other people to get to see who I am, or for me to portray how I'm feeling.

Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from.

Age is not a factor when it comes to choosing the kind of roles you want to portray or the kind of clothes you wear for a role on-screen.

It's almost schizophrenic who I portray in my music.

I'm just trying to portray what I find ironic or humorous.

Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

Sometimes I want to convey something complex philosophically, and sometimes I just want to portray myself in a situation that I think other people have been in many times, but it hasn't been written about much.

When you're playing jazz, you have to somehow overcome that feeling of being intimidated because your aim is to portray that freedom in what you're playing.

We all portray a lot of characters, and once we get into a shot, we have to come out of our skin and be a completely different person.

I find it quite hard to connect with the songs where I portray myself as this clumsy, adorable, love-struck man-child.

I always say, as an actress, I get to portray the human condition, but as an activist, I get to change the human condition.

Instagram is just something I like to do. I feel it's the best way to portray who you are.

When I go in the studio, I put myself into a place where I'm feeling something I want to portray, which is often being sad, lonely. But as soon as I'm starting to make something, it's when I'm the happiest. Ever. I think that comes out at the same time, so there's that juxtaposition.

Whether you need to like a character, I don't think that's necessary in order to portray him.

It's hard to portray your personality in 140 characters. And so, at times, I tend to be very cynical. And I don't think that comes across very well on social media.

I would like to portray something that would challenge the actor in me.

I have always chosen to portray roles which inspired me and mostly that I enjoy it in the first place.

What we portray on the ice is really important to us, and we love getting into character and telling a story.

Even though the 'Shooter' character on TV is so close to the real-life me, I'm still playing with ways to creatively portray that character.