Quotes About Expression

Growing up, I loved to play. Writing was a natural outtake of play. I realize now, having kids, that maybe that's unusual. Living out in the middle of nowhere, I entertained myself by writing.

All I can start with is what moves me and feels like a great challenge as an actor and I think is saying something unusual or irreverent or human - honest in some way.

'Que Sera Sera' had a very unusual rhythm. It was a challenge for me to pick up Rahman's beats and translate them into dance steps.

I think what happened to me was I was so lucky to have made 'Secretary' so young. It's unusual to be given an opportunity to express yourself as an actress that young and that thoroughly.

I love the content that COLORS showcases, it is very unusual and pathbreaking and hence I try to be part of these shows in my own way.

I can't stand musicals, but I love dance because it's a corporeal language that can be so rich and sometimes so unusual.

I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.

The only thing that infuriates me is that I have more unwritten stories in me than I can conceivably write in a lifetime.

I can't constantly be trying to write the unwritten song, the song that the 15-year-old girl needs. I need to write the song that I need.

The best thing about being a DJ is making people happy. There is nothing like seeing people get up from a table to dance or the expression on their face when they hear a song they love. I also love to educate people on music they have never heard.

I got different moods. Like, if I'm in a good mood, I listen to 'Up' by Thug. If I'm not in a good mood, I'll listen to 'King TROUP' - that's a real emotional one.

I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live.

Standing up for national anthem doesn't make you an Indian. Posting flags on social networks doesn't make you an Indian.

I'm a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it.

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

I knew the profanity used up and down my street would not go over the air... So I trained myself to say 'Holy Cow' instead.

I didn't know how to dance, so I just jumped up and down and bashed people. Then everybody else started doin' it, but they didn't get it right, so I quit.

EDM is very functional. It's meant to make people jump up and down and go crazy and it's real good at that. I just think in terms of expression, it's very very limiting.

I was the dork in high school who sang musical numbers up and down the hallways.

I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.

I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.

Telling your story out loud is the way human beings communicate. We don't normally think up words, translate how to spell them and then move our fingers up and down over this randomly arranged set of keys to make the same letters appear on a screen.

If your husband asks what you think, tell him. If you have a preference, voice it. If you have a question, ask it. If you want to cry, bawl. If you need help, raise your hand and jump up and down.

I walk like a duck: very straight up and down. Or like a penguin. It's a dead giveaway that I'm a dancer.