Emily Berrington Quotes

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

I like to use my hands. When I was in theatre in college, that was one of my biggest notes: 'You use your hands too much.'

It is really hard to completely re-learn how to express yourself without using words. When you take away speech, you have to re-invent the way you express yourself. You have to exaggerate your body language and your facial expressions.

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

I move my face so much, because I'm very much expressive.

You have to learn to express differently. Whenever I do TV or film, I ask if I can see the shot to see, to see if it's full body or a close-up. That helps me understand how to communicate.

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.

Nothing is more revealing than movement.

I have very girly hands and I use them a lot when I talk in a way that I think is very feminine.

I make a lot of expressions constantly. I'm animated.

I love body language.

There's a lot you can do without words.

I think the main thing was that the character couldn't speak in regular language, so he had to be mimed.

Body language is essential for an actress, even if you don't use your body in an athletic way. Just to be free, to use it like your voice. A body can be small and have incredible violence. A body talks.

Gestures matter.

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

The body is a universal language. Because if you spoke French, and I speak English, but I move like this or do certain movements, I can still make you smile and laugh.

I use my hands a lot while acting.

I normally speak by moving my hands, and I'm very expressive with my face - something Cuban, I guess.

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.

There is as much expression in the feet as in the hands.

Behold the hands, how they promise, conjure, appeal, menace, pray, supplicate, refuse, beckon, interrogate, admire, confess, cringe, instruct, command, mock and what not besides, with a variation and multiplication of variation which makes the tongue envious.

My method is to find a word with a gesture.

If you have to tell a story without speaking, it's sort of like - I come from a dance background, so it's like a ballet where you have to tell a story with just your body. I think that's really interesting to have to tell a story with just your face and your mannerisms, and I'd like to tap into that world.

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.