Marina and the Diamonds Quotes

Music and acting kind of all goes together.

The theater, for me, has always been a place where I'm free to be more creative, a place to sharpen my tools.

I always wanted to tell stories and act.

I love dancing but acting is a passion.

My background is in dance, but as soon as I found acting and realized that I could entertain people, not just with my body but with what comes out of my mouth, I was into that.

I have always been passionate about dancing and acting, and before I was passionate about it, I was fascinated by it.

As a child, I was always interested in drama and performance.

I would say that 'Shake It Up' was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing.

Dance and theatre afforded me the opportunity to discover my passion for acting, for telling stories.

As a kid, I was into music, played guitar in a band. Then I started acting in plays in junior high school and just got lost in the puzzle of acting, the magic of it. I think it was an escape for me.

I would like any type of character that I could be creative with and totally delve into.

I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.

I'm mad creative for acting.

I was always putting on plays for my family. Usually silly ones. I used my imagination a lot, and it was something that came naturally to me.

I remember how as I kid I would love stories of every kind - whether they were narrated in school or what I read in books. Storytelling would always appeal to me, I would take part in poetry reciting, dramatics, choreography and debates. There was this fascination for performance, which finally culminated in a professional sphere.

I just love being in the arts.

I feel like acting is a ton of fun. It's the freest and most alive you can be.

Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

Every time I see a good play or watch a good movie, I have the same feeling I had as a child of wanting to be that person on stage or wanting to run through the forest with a big dress on.

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.

Every kid has a story to tell!

Dancing and acting satisfy me in different ways.