Ngaio Marsh Quotes

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.

You have to really care about what you say. And if you don't, it will never come out quite right, unless you go into acting, in which case you have to act fast before you realize it is something which you do not believe in.

I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.

What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers.

It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.

I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.

The main thing in acting is honesty, to feel the humanity and get to the essence of the character. You can't put anything into a character that you haven't got within you.

I live my life pretty emotionally, for better and for worse. I'm pretty thin-skinned and transparent. I lead with my heart, and I wanted to make a movie that did the same.

Polite conversation is rarely either.

If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, it doesn't matter. The camera always sees it.

I'm a heart-on-the-sleeves kind of person.

One of the advantages of no longer running for public office is that I don’t have to pretend to be nice to people I dislike.

We're a pretty open-book family; we kind of lead with our hearts. There's nothing to hide.

Everything I say, it comes from the heart. It's all real.

I think people on Twitter know that I'm real and I speak from the heart most of the time, and sometimes I'm going to make a mistake.

One should say what he/she feels.

I feel like when I say something sad, I mean it.

I'm a very honest person, and I'm quite emotional for a man. If I want to say something, I'll say it.

I am an emotional guy. I try to be very honest.

I am an honest person, and that includes showing my emotions - good or bad.

At the end of the day, you're trying to - be it on theatre or on the camera - tell the truth and be honest in the moment.

As was his language so was his life.

Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.