Alexa Hirschfeld Quotes

How I say it has as much of an impact on what people think of me as what I say.

It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.

Whatever story you want to tell, tell it at the right size.

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.

It's really the tone that people use to convey things sometimes that can either become a compliment or an insult. It's not always what you are saying, it's about how you say it.

My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.

It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.

Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.

It is not so much the content of what one says as the way in which one says it. However important the thing you say, what's the good of it if not heard or, being heard, not felt?

Sometimes I just rely on technique on stage, but it's not about technique. It's about how much you want to deliver the message to the audience. That's all.

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

It isn't about the words you say. It's about the energetic message you send.

If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in person.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.

Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.

The most important thing is to have something important to say and finding the means to say it.

The rhetoric is the key to the character. It's the verbal music of the piece.

You must be loud but you must also be understandable. There’s no point in being loud if you can’t be understood.

What you say in defense of … ideas matters, and what people hear matters even more.

I literally can't talk without moving hands.

Pace, rhythm and timing. Pace, rhythm and timing is what it's about. The content's got to be great, but then it's got to be delivered. It's a tricky thing to do, and it takes a lot of work.

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.