Megalyn Echikunwoke Quotes

Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.

We stand for creativity and pushing boundaries and having fun with one's music.

I know I'm known for singing some of those high notes, but that's really not what giving someone goosebumps is all about. It's about really trying to find what makes you unique.

The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.

For me, when I do my best acting, it's mainly imagination. Then I really have a lot of fun with it.

Bad Gardens copy, good gardens create, great gardens transcend.

He misses the feeling of creating something out of something. That’s right — something out of something. Because something out of nothing is when you make something up out of thin air, in which case it has no value. Anybody can do that. But something out of something means it was really there the whole time, inside you, and you discover it as part of something new, that’s never happened before.

As an actor you want to explore something you haven't done.

Talent works, genius creates.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.

That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something.

It's true with fashion, acting, anything: Make sure it's timeless, but at the same time, there's got to be a little hint of risk.

You don't base records on success; you base it on creativity.

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting.

We actors are superstitious creatures. We do all the homework, and we put all of the components together, but there's always one key aspect that we're not in charge of, really, and that's magic. You are always on the lookout for where and how that magic is going to ignite.

Fashion isn't interesting when it comes from an uninspired place.

Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a modern dancer, forget it.

The imagination is part of the arsenal that actors draw from.

Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.