Elvis Duran Quotes

Halloween is all about being bold, daring, and creative! You get to be someone else for the night thanks to makeup and a costume. I pretty much do that on the daily, so I am not that big on Halloween, but I do appreciate a good costume and some incredible makeup.

As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself.

I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.

My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.

Having kids sets a bomb off in your life. It really makes you examine who you are, what you believe in and what you want to be. And that is magical for creativity.

I've spent most of my life trying to wear a persona that didn't quite fit and when I started writing books, it was like finally becoming the right person.

When you sit at your desk, if you're lucky, there's a moment when you feel empowered to be someone or something else, to leap into another skin.

Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.

Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comfortable with how much I reveal about myself is acting. I enjoy the characters, the costumes, the wigs and just being a chameleon.

There's something in us that lives just beyond our normality - and I think we've all got a song in us. If only we could master that tiny muscle and make it sound listenable.

Art's a very metaphysical activity. It's something that enriches the parameters of your life, the possibilities of being, and you touch transcendence and you change your life. And you want to change the life of others, too. That's why people are involved with art.

As a child, I always chose a false nose and some face paint and a wig for my birthday.

I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.

I never like to think that I design for a particular person. I design for the woman I wanted to be, the woman I used to be, and - to some degree - the woman I'm still a little piece of.

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be.

If you can write it, I can be it.

What acting offered me was the chance to be many other people.

I like to be flamboyant, play characters, wear make-up, play dress up. I was doing that since I was a kid.

I love to create looks. It's just like you're a different character every day.

I like taking different elements - clothes, shoes, lighting - and creating a total transformation. But it's never about hiding: it's about drawing something out from deep inside of me that's really true. I'm always trying really hard to tell you the truth. That's what this is all about for me.

Superhero movies are so famous because of the metaphor that they trigger in one's self about who you could be if things were different.