Sebastian Maniscalco Quotes

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

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.

Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.

You can convey a lot of emotion with just some eyebrows and mouth movement.

When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.

I like my hands. They do most of the talking.

Never get a mime talking. He won't stop.

It's almost better most times to not talk in a scene. I think you can actually express a lot more without words.

There's a lot you can do without words.

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

I think you can actually express a lot more in ways without words.

There's this little recipe that you have to hit pretty well to get somebody to laugh. And it's a combination of the way in which you say something, with the facial expression that you have, married with the body language that you have, etc.

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

Body language and tone of voice - not words - are our most powerful assessment tools.

People generally express more in between their sentences when they're not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they're feeling.

Speech as known to us was unnecessary. A fragment of a sentence amounted almost to a long-winded redundancy. A gesture, a grunt, the curve of a facial line--even a significantly timed pause yielded informational juice.

With public speaking, practicing congruence is very helpful - allowing the words to be expressed with the face and body. It helps to think of simply "turning up the nonverbal volume."

Every time i try and wink at someone, I mess it up and end up scaring people.

There is a proverb that says, ‘Talk so that I may know who you are.’ But I say, ‘Show me your eyes and I will know who you are.

The things one can express with the hand, with the head, with the shoulders!... How many useless and encumbering words then disappear! What economy!

You don't need to be told some things. You can sometimes tell more by a man's silence and the set of his head than by what he says.

Body language is more powerful than words.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.