Quotes About Expression

I always imagined having so much energy on stage, versus me being somewhat chill, soulful R&B.

Every actor is different, but it's a very fine line when it comes to how much information they have versus how much they need to let their imagination fill in the blanks.

When I came from horizontal vertical straight all old stuff then suddenly I go also again in curved lines. And there I submit to changes in the intensity of my hand leading a tool, you see.

Someone once told me that being in the closet is like living in a vertical casket. Perfect description.

From my vertical, people, especially men, don't realize what clothes can do for their self-esteem, the way they see themselves, their confidence.

I always loved when James Stewart did roles that were not so dialogue-based, like 'Vertigo.'

Style is something very individual, very personal, and in their own unique way, I believe everyone is stylish.

I love paint. I like watercolours. I like acrylic paint... a little bit. I like house paint. I like oil-based paint, and I love oil paint. I love the smell of turpentine and I like that world of oil paint very, very, very much.

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

Communication is at the very core of our society. That's what makes us human.

It's very hard to be a good actor, you know. It's easy to be cute.

There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results.

A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.

I want to present a very strong and bold image, but with femininity. I love being sweet and salty all together.

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

Something that I really enjoy doing is creating and being a part of very different characters and very different projects.

I like black, because for me it is a very happy color.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

I feel like my music is just an extension of my acting. I treat the songs like scenes that tell a story... it's very similar. My favorite thing is when cartoon fans show up to my live gigs! They are always the most kick-butt audience members 'cause they're not trying to act all cool like a lot of the music fans do! It's refreshing!!

There's something about being in front of a live audience that's fun. It's a really interesting, very electric, very alive, and intense experience, and you can't get it anywhere else. And I've been doing it since I was 23, so it's part of my being - it's part of my fabric as a person.

The bones of my architecture are very much related to the structure, to the physical fact of how a building can stand up; it's also related to geometry and a certain understanding of the architecture in which there is a balance between expression and function.

Drawing was a cheap way for me to express myself. It gave a focus to my thinking and my life from a very early age.

Music is a continual learning process. One finds new insights all the time. For me, it began at a very early age; from the beginning, there was something besides the notes.