Quotes About Expression

There's still a lot I'm angry about, a lot of human behaviour that's appalling and despicable, but you choose what you can fight against. I always thought if I could just put something in words perfectly enough, people would get the idea and it would change things.

I love that about New York: You just dress the way you want to dress and feel really comfortable because nobody is judging. You can just be yourself, and it's perfectly normal.

To be perfectly honest, if it was up to me, I would be invisible as an artist.

I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away.

American men are more open, they are readier to express their emotions, but they also get frightened easily. Italians are used to drama. For us, arguing, shouting is perfectly normal - for them it is inconceivable.

The lyrics are what I work on the hardest, but I'm not trying to make a perfectly clear message or anything like that. In fact, I'm usually trying to avoid saying something too directly, because usually that rings false anyway.

A perfectly fitted sheath dress that can take you from day to night is something that every woman should have in her closet. You can't go wrong with black, but a little bit of color is nice. I love a lot of color, personally. You can accessorize a sheath dress. Look at how Michelle Obama accessorizes clothes to make them her own.

When I get to do whatever I want, I'm perfectly happy. I've found that the best scenario is that I just do what I do, and if somebody wants to be part of it, they should work as a conduit for what vision I have. They should help me complete the universe.

I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged.

The best script in the world doesn't work perfectly when you actually act it out. That's a law. That's a given. So you have to play with everything. And the more fun you have with it, the better the finished product.

I think the name perfectly encapsulates my soul, and so I get to be myself with the safety of a different name.

Doing comedy is very difficult and if you do it perfectly you can do any kind of roles.

I mean, musical theater really informed so much of my life. It just so perfectly brings order to chaos, which is why we love theater.

For me, performance is a holy ground. When I perform, I really step into a different state of consciousness.

I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

As a person who performs on stage, it's good to be emotionally open. If you mess with someone when they are in that state, it's like you're messing with an animal when it's eating.

Music and dance influence my style in a lot of ways. Sometimes I go off to work dressed up like I'm going to hit the stage and perform.

I was singing before I started acting. As a kid, I would always perform at the big family parties.

It's not that I was crazy. It's just that I was sad at times because the world was sad at times. When I would perform, it wasn't sad anymore.

It's hard for me to perform in English.

To me, at its best, that's what art should do, perform both the emotional and intellectual function.

'Firecracker' was such a fun song to write and to perform.

When I perform, I like to wear funky flats, leather boots or knee-high Converse with bright laces. Then I can dance and not worry about falling.

I started to perform when I was 12... I don't talk too much. I let the music do the talking.