Quotes About Expression

People respond to any good you can do in music.

At the end of the day, I just like to make the best music that I can make and put it out to the world and see how they respond to it.

I can only do what I do, and if people respond to it, great, and if they don't, that's what that is.

As an actor, it's exciting to play a role that's so far from what you are and to have people respond to it like a real human being!

I just respond to the stories I'm being asked to tell.

Acting lessons teach you to really listen to what the other person is saying because in acting it's all about responding to the lines.

I do say things in a way that is going to elicit a response from people.

In our show we know, if we're not getting a response, you see it in our face... we either do something to get a laugh, or the audience is in on it with us.

If I don't see an emotional response to a dress, then I think something's wrong.

I think you write the film that you want to see, and you try and do it honestly, and you can't control people's responses, really.

Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don't know. That's one of those words that doesn't mean anything. It's why I don't just use words.

When I'm writing a story, which takes me a year or more, I can feel my character living with me - they're responding to whatever funny, familial, or social situation I'm in, and I think about their responses constantly.

Together, we must all remember that one of the most effective responses to hate speech is more speech.

That's what frees up an actor: when you don't have to be responsible to likability.

I think it's very important to use your voice and use your voice responsibly. But, having said that, I think you should have all the knowledge before you do that.

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.

When you start reading a piece together, you get a sense of someone's basic philosophy of music without saying a word. You realize the other person's approach, how they express themselves, the kind of restraint they show, all those things.

I like restraint. Even with actors, restraint is something that I work on the most.

I think when you play a negative character you cannot restrict yourself. You can go wild.

I'm not going to restrict myself as an artist.

Art and cinema is not restricted to any language.

I do not want to be restricted to a particular image.

I enjoy doing all kinds of roles, but I don't want to be restricted to comedy alone.

I love what I do and I don't allow language to become a restriction.