Quotes About Expression

Adam Shankman has got such love and passion for dance.

Stuck as Adam Cartwright, I was only able to use about one-tenth of my ability.

I am constantly asked, 'What's the difference between acting in the theater and acting in film?' The only answer I can give is the space - you adapt to the space. But acting is acting.

I feel like I can really adapt to any type of fashion sense that I want to.

If you love women, and you want to sing about love, don't feel the need to say 'he.' Don't feel the need to adapt to the society or the culture.

I guess I've never really done a straight adaptation. It's been more like 'in the spirit of,' you know?

My adaptations are just as complicated as an original.

Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way.

I'm interested in adapting books and all sorts of things.

I don't buy art to put away somewhere. I buy art to appreciate, enjoy, and live with. It's supposed to add to your life.

I have creative ADD.

I'm like a child with musical ADD.

I was addicted to playing music.

The moment I wrote my first song, I got addicted.

I don't ever go and write music for an album. That's not something I do. I don't go and write music for an audience or a career; I don't do that at all. I write basically all the time. I'm addicted to it.

I have a writing addiction.

I believe in giving actors the freedom to express themselves, and adding more to whatever is written.

Writing in another language gives me an additional freedom, an additional way of thinking. It's a challenge, but I like the challenge.

I've played a lot of people where someone will say, 'This is based on my sister, and such and such happened.' But I don't think I ever played someone who, 'This is their name, and this is their address, and this is what they looked like.'

Theater should address the stories of its communities, or I don't know why it's here.

When you write as an artist, you just tell a story and people say it addresses issues.

I think I've got some actor's form of ADHD. I just can't do the same thing day in, day out.

People think that theater actors are too big for the camera. It's like, 'No, we're actors and we adjust for our audience.'

The actors I admire are character actors.