Quotes About Expression

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing.

I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that I was pregnant. Then, I would go through childbirth.

I can't pretend to be enjoying this. I can't pretend I'm enjoying going out there and playing this style.

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else.

It's fun to be able to dress up from time to time and pretend that I don't wear cleats, a T-shirt, and shorts every day.

It's great fun if you get a good piece of writing and you can pretend to be someone else, tell a story that needs to be told, make some kind of connection. I've always fancied myself as a leading man, but I really doubt whether anyone else sees me that way.

Yes, it must be something that goes very well with my voice, let's say something that I understand that this would be good communication with the others, and I don't pretend for instance, to look for music that would be something that doesn't go with my personality.

To be able to pretend to be something that I'm frankly not is very liberating and exciting.

Writers who pretend that everything they're doing is completely new are full of it.

I like to sing along to Annie Lennox and pretend to be as sassy as her.

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.

When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.

Really I just want to get on with my job, which is to pretend to be lots of different people. Simple as that.

I like being someone else. 'A Prince' is not about me, but I can pretend for the three minutes of the track. It's great being able to do that, 'cos I enjoy telling stories.

I've always made music on my own, but I didn't think there was a platform for that, so I thought I had to pretend it was a band.

I think performers who pretend fashion doesn't matter are huge liars.

It's a blessing to stay a child all your life - pretend to be this and that. And get paid for it.

Like I said, I don't want to pretend that I am a robot. When you hear things it's natural to feel some kind of hurt.

I can't pretend that I'm happy or pretend to get emotional when I'm not.

I have always been an extrovert. When I was younger, I would go outside and sing to the flowers and pretend they were the orchestra. As one of my parents' friends said, I was an odd boy.

Adults don't have the opportunity to pretend anymore.

People ask what my influences are, and for me, it's not always obvious. One of my biggest inspirations was Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders. That's based on how she just does whatever she wants to do, and I love her attitude about everything. It bleeds over into my way of thinking and comedy.

Doing animation is closer to pretending than anything else you get to do. It's much more like when you're a kid putting on a character.

That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.