Jodelle Ferland Quotes

There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words.

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

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

I literally can't talk without moving hands.

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

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

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

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.

The voice is a second face.

Gestures matter.

There's many ways you communicate. With colour, texture, sound... Even words can communicate.

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.

Gestures and facial expressions do indeed communicate, as anyone can prove by turning off the sound on a television set and asking watchers to characterize the speakers from the picture alone.

Well, usually when a person shakes their head," said McGonagall coldly, "they mean 'no.' So unless Miss Edgecombe is using a form of sign language as yet unknown to humans.

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.

Body language is so important, as is composition. You can not say something, and then the body reacts, and it says a lot of things dialogue can also say.

The message is always going to get through. Me being able to speak is a message in itself.

Every day, we communicate more with our energy, body language, face and eyes. That really is what communication is, and not so much words. And it's rare that you get to explore that in a film.

You can convey a lot of emotion with just some eyebrows and mouth movement.

When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.

The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

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

I love body language.