Alexandra Stoddard Quotes

I always liked how people like Grace Jones and Annie Lennox pushed it with the videos. I'm not the most stylish person at all, but there's something about playing dress-up for the day and playing the role of a singer.

Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.

What is important to me as an actor is that, even if I have to spread my arms, take my shirt off on a mountain top with my heroine in a chiffon sari, it still has to be me and my twist or my funny take on it.

I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.

Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words.

I think making a movie is like drawing or creating an art piece. The artwork reflects part of your personality, but not all.

I loved the playfulness of fashion. I think maybe that's why I became an actress. You put on one outfit and feel one way, and another one will make you feel another way. Clothes are a wonderful tool.

My style is a part of my music. You can't be an artist and not put any thought or effort into the way you appear.

It's not that I don't care how I look, but I'd rather turn the attention to the music as much as possible.

What I love is to create a show and for people to enjoy it and be aware that's what it is: a show.

I'm a really artistic person, and so, with the live stuff, there's a lot that I think is really cool. Beyonce and Rihanna have all these dancers. So with the live costumes and video costumes, I'd really like to have my vision. The way that I want people to dress is very specific. I love fashion.

I enjoy modeling. I feel that acting is more fulfilling for me, and you definitely have a lot more to contribute as an actress than you do as a model, but that being said, when I shoot with a really incredible photographer, it's exciting and inspiring.

I've done my own videos, I do my own styling, so I feel like I've just always been a visual artist... I was one of those kids who wanted to make my own clothes and take pictures of everything. Everything inspired me, and everything felt like art around me.

I think that the two worlds of fashion and acting world have a lot of common things, because we all build a character.

As an artist, all I want is to be a part of good films.

I love photography. I love the imagery. I love what I do.

I couldn't do a record without knowing I'll translate it into something visual.

I'm doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I'll put whatever up there for the visible eye.

I just want to make cool art work that has some meaning.

I always do what the character demands, and I love to experiment with my looks.

I dread to be compared to all these directors who have a lot of spontaneous emoting and swearing in their films - that is death; it's a cul-de-sac. It doesn't lift the material at all. It's just a cliched reproduction of what we think is normal behaviour.

All you have to offer as a performer is yourself.

I am not indulgent. I think constructing a scene elaborately - with art, costume, and visual drama - is not indulgence. Other people should do it, too.

Opera is a very stimulating place to work, and I believe it offers the most intense theatrical experience possible.

I always do my own makeup, hair, and styling, including in videos and on, like, album covers.