George Wald Quotes

The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this.

I can never wink at the audience.

When you consider that you're a character that doesn't speak, but you've still got to react to the other actors, you've got to make a noise of some kind.

There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words.

Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.

When you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening.

My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn't realize they were learning.

Naturally, my body language changes given whatever environment I'm in.

The most valuable aid I have found in teaching is to remember my own experiences as a student.

Watch how you communicate with a woman. Because you're always communicating, even when you're not talking - with your body language, your facial expressions, your eyes.

What do you think is the world's most recognisable container of information? It's the human face. We are constantly reading each other and responding.

Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.

I love observing both vocally and by sight. So I take on a lot of those elements of people around me.

As a standup performer, I'm onstage, and it's important how the audience is looking at me. I'm looking at whether they're leaning forward or not, those types of things. You read an energy. And it's the same thing in a scene with other actors.

In theater, the primary tool for me was voice. On-screen, it's the eyes.

I don't think people are going to talk in the future. They're going to communicate through eye contact, body language, emojis, signs.

It's not just about the words you use, but the way you use them, and the message that puts over. Also your face too and the way you project your message. If you're telling the group to stay calm, be good, and you have beads of sweat dripping down your forehead, you're in trouble.

I give a facial expression in a moment of silence for audiences to react to what I just said and kind of let that marinate with the audience for a little bit. I enjoy the physical part of the comedy as much as the verbal content. People tend to gravitate to not only what they're hearing but also what they're seeing.

When making documentaries, the most important thing I learned was to listen, observe gestures and facial expressions.

Only one who bursts with enthusiasm do I instruct; Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten. If I hold up one corner and you do not come back to me with the other three, I do not continue the lesson.

I can watch anybody all day long if they're really doing what they're doing. I have a fascination with human behavior, watching people talk, when they pick at their face or how they hold their hand or if they're listening to you, if they're not listening to you.

The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles.

% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words.

The only thing that happens when I'm teaching is that I hope there are some students out there in the class who will ask questions.

I nod like I’m listening,like we’re communicating, and she never knows the difference.