Hari Kondabolu Quotes

I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed, you play your trump card.

My religion lies in my composition.

I'm just following my own art, and I just think that the only thing I can do to be a great artist is do the best job I can in whatever movie I do.

It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.

So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.

Mr. Balanchine was a great gentleman, and he loved his dancers. He was devoted to his company. He came to the ballet every night, and his presence was felt. It was like the whole company was dancing for him. And if he liked you, he trusted you to be yourself. He didn't try to change you and make you into something you were not.

The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind of like nuns of fashion.

If I didn't love it, I would not record it.

I have sworn to die painting.

For me, being an actress is not just a profession but a profession of faith.

I think every filmmaker has his way of working, and I respect that.

I love people who go out and say, 'If cinema is God, then I'm the pope.' As an actor working with these kinds of people, the older you get, the more you appreciate it.

I was a weird kid. I loved music, and I loved reading about God.

I think every song I do is specifically tailored to what I would say and how I approach situations.

If you have a voice, sing; but if you have good arms, then go in for dancing.

You're free to do anything you want with your company. It's more like art. You don't have to follow any norms. It's an expression of how you feel the world should be. When you make a company, that's your little place to make your own little utopia.

Every garden-maker should be an artist along his own lines. That is the only possible way to create a garden, irrespective of size or wealth.

I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent

I never really thought of myself as a sex goddess; I felt I was more a comedian who could dance.

A comedian does funny things. A good comedian does things funny.

I don't master my craft or my style enough to have any philosophy or dogma to which I feel I belong.

Verbal communication about music is impossible except among musicians.

Each man of us is living his own personal work of art, and cannot evade artistic responsibility for his product.

You know when I shoot with digital capture, I look for the mistake. When I shoot with film I embrace it.

With my career, everything I do is me. There's no one that handles telling me what I should be about or how I should dress or anything. I'm hands on with absolutely everything. When I'm writing a song, I'm already thinking of the visual for the song and I'm already thinking of what I'm going to wear in that visual and what I'm going to wear when I perform. It all goes hand in hand. Everything I do is just me expressing different sides of myself.