Quotes About Expression

On the back benches, you can have your say but no power to do anything.

For me, my writing benefits from my experience.

I do speak a bit of Bengali.

After doing the Bengali 'Antar Mahal,' I felt I should work with all Indian languages.

I am learning Bengali because I want to dub for myself.

I am happy to do a film in Bengali language as I know and love that language.

You don't go to Berkeley to become an actor. In fact, I don't think you go to any school to become an actor. You've just sort of got to go out there and act.

I create my own lyrics. I have a great band. I have a drummer from East Berlin.

I grew up in East Berlin, in a family of artists.

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry.

I personally am not a shorts-wearing guy. That goes for any form of shorts, beside sports shorts, that I have to wear.

Sometimes I think it's easier to play someone who's very, very different from yourself. Besides, I wouldn't want to play people who are just like me; that would get awfully boring very fast!

Besides makeup, my other passion is music.

Besides acting, writing has been my passion for a long time.

I wanted to show people that I can do something besides street music.

It's just so fun to share that experience with your best friend when you're finding your voice as an artist.

I would say that for me while growing up, music was my best friend in many ways, and I hope my music can do that for others, to make them feel less alone.

Music really helps me. It's like a best friend.

It's such a fun experience getting to kind of create something from nothing with your best friend.

There is the great creative part of it. The writing is the best part.

Music says the things that people don't say or are afraid to say, and that's the best part about it for me.

I think some of the best songs are written in love and then out of love. That's the best time to put something together.

I've been told the best way to make a sexy face is to say 'pruuune.'

I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about it... That's not to say all my songs are like that.