Rachel Keller Quotes

What I really like doing is storytelling, finding the body language that is necessary for the story. And when I'm doing it and it's working, I'm thrilled.

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else.

Acting isn't necessarily pretending. It's storytelling. It's giving someone your perspective on something.

Acting is the physical representation of a mental picture and the projection of an emotional concept.

Dance is about portraying and telling a story and whether that be two males, two females, a group of guys, or a group of girls, it doesn't matter as long as the story is beautiful.

If you're singing, you're telling a story. So to tell it and tell it right, that's it.

If I had my choice, I'd pick a song that tells a story every time. There is a great deal of pleasure in doing the vocal on a number that you can put feeling into.

I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.

The play is not in the words, it's in you!

Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that I don't really like. I feel more comfortable with the word 'performer'. I like being the thing. I like being the doer. There's a factualness to it. And then certain resonances happen out of how you apply yourself physically.

Olivier said that drama is an affair of the heart, or it's nothing, and he was right.

When it comes to acting, you really have to create movement which in some ways is dancing. And dancing, I feel is very important to act as well. I wouldn't put one over the other.

Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it's the feel that matters.

I just play the little guy, except I play him through dance.

It's hard talking about acting, in a way, because it's like explaining a joke: I do think it loses something in the telling.

Let me put it this way. There is more to acting than just acting like somebody. I like to act in such a way that other people get some notion of what it's like to be somebody.

Singers have a lot in common with actors because you have to dig deep into a song and show the audience what you are feeling as you sing.

Acting is about finding truth and finding the way to convey the truth.

I use my hands a lot while acting.

Acting - you're taking someone else's visions and someone else's inspirations, and it's up to you to portray that to everyone watching the film.

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.

Sometimes the writing can be so good that the actor doesn't really have to do anything.

Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story.

I think the most important thing when you're telling a story is to just tell the story as best as you possibly can.

This is going to sound cheesy, but with acting there are so many tools. When you're on camera, you're using all of it. You're using the voice, you're using your body, you're using wardrobe, all of it, but it's funny, once you take all of those things away, you realize how much you rely on the physicality.