Emmanuelle Beart Quotes

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

Good things will come from self-expression.

I don't think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.

With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person.

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.

Acting was a godsend. I found myself because I loved acting.

I've always used poetry to explain myself to myself. These things just sat in my psyche and then came out.

I think I have a lot of internal energy, which does need to come out.

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

I wasn't a very academic kid, and music was the way for all that feeling and angst and sex and love and anger to be channelled.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

I write for myself; I release the albums to connect with everyone else.

Music I do just for me.

Some stuff I don't even put out. I'll just be home, happy, creating something for myself, and then ball it up and throw it in the trash. It's less about trying to prove something or get on somebody's list or make a fan happy or make a hater mad or convert a non-believer. That's not the case for me anymore.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

I just love the idea of going into a room and creating something by myself.

I just believe that the way that young people's minds develop is fascinating. If you are doing something for a grade or salary or a reward, it doesn't have as much meaning as creating something for yourself and your own life.

Even if a kid doesn't go into acting or the arts like I did, some kids need that environment to find themselves and find what they love to do.

It's very important to me to understand myself and my place in the world. My films help me with that, and the more people see them, the more I am making a statement.

I couldn't play ball. I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me. Not much I could do about that. So I started to draw and to write. By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me.

Encourage your own curiosity; pursue the problems based on that.

I'm not there to tailor the role to me: I'm there to tailor me to the role. That guarantees me something, a precious thing, which is creativity. I'm guaranteed that I will have a creative experience, because I will go to it, not demand that it comes to me.

I don't feel I have to be Jackson Browne. Still, I like to say something.

You know early on when you're given a gift that can keep you sane. That's what acting does for me. It keeps me honest and keeps me sane.