Common Quotes

I will say they were horrified when I wanted to be an actor. It wasn't a showbiz-y family, and my parents are real introverts who don't go to a lot of Hollywood parties and are most comfortable in their pajamas in our sweet little home. Part of the reason I wanted to be an actor and not just a writer is because I felt much more extroverted than that - I love to be around people, and feed off people's energy, and collaborations. If I hadn't had their example, I wouldn't have been so serious, but I also wouldn't have wanted so much to find another creative outlet.

My music is a very personal reflection of me, whereas, acting a role, that's a reflection of another character.

Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

I love to act, I love to sing and I love to entertain, so if I am passionate about a certain project and I want to do it, I hope to stretch my acting skills.

You know, you should start to be in plays and things like that. Write some scripts. If you're an artist and you truly don't believe what you're spittin' then you need to really seriously be an actor then.

I feel so fortunate to get paid to be an actor. I pinch myself. I get it from writing, I get it from baking, gardening... I sort of open myself to the creative flow, which is hard to do, by the way.

Artists need to express.

Writing, film, sculpture, music: it's all make-believe, really.

It was only after I began to write fiction that I found a way to connect with painting.

I'm 38 years old and Limp Bizkit is just something I do. If I was a painter, it would just be a type of painting I make.

There's something in me that just wants to create dialogue.

Acting is awesome, but I'm really, really able to express myself creatively in music.

If I have a long period of time away from acting, I tend to write.

Painting, music, photography, and visual art have been creative forms of expression for me for decades.

Photography is about finding things. And painting is different - it's about making something.

I had some great times doing competitions, but I have always been more into making movies because making movies is more about art and expressing yourself in a creative way.

The artist in me welcomes another opportunity to be creative.

I was very dramatic as a kid. I loved to entertain. I was taking my bathing suits and painting them black and putting sparkles on them because I thought I was going to be on stage.

I come from an era, in my world, where you just had to define yourself as who you are and what you do. I happen to be an actor. I happen to be someone that loves to act, that also likes music, that also likes to speak, and that also has an opinion.

Express yourself through your art - whether it’s your drawings in a sketchpad, tattoos on your skin, the shade of your lipstick, or the clothes that you wear.

I'm going to put every aspect of myself out into the world and try to convey it through photography.

Art is like a fart for the soul. Better out than in.

Painters get up and paint. Writers get up and write. I like to get up and act. It's not a big deal. It makes me happy.

Dancing is a part of my life where when I don't dance I feel like there's something missing because I'm such a physical person who loves to express myself through dance, but I love to act. I love to sing. I love to entertain so if I'm passionate about a certain project, I wanna do it.

The actor must be full of passion. If he's too cool he's better off as the manager of a company, not someone who appears on the stage.