Ryan Merriman Quotes

Having fun is fantastic, and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work, or else it's going to feel stiff.

I believe in dancing.

I'm having fun creating what I'm creating.

I'm all about having fun and being creative.

Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.

When I'm painting and drawing I only do people. Acting is obviously portraiture - and writing is as well.

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.

It's fun being creative and that's satisfying.

Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream.

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

I love being creative. I love acting, but I also love directing because you get to have a vision for the whole and bring that vision to fruition.

We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting.

At the end of the day, it is just a movie, and we should remember that we're doing it for the audience, and we should have fun doing it. If we have fun doing it, it will come across on the screen.

I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious.

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.

I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my own material and acted through that. That's my idea of fun. I get to be all these things in the songs.

Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.

Dancing was my sport when I was younger. So I chose that over everything. And then, I just had to keep going because it became a competitive thing. But I'm not trying to impress anyone anymore. Dancing is more like my art, now.

Tarantino is the coolest damn guy; he's just so much fun to work with. He might be the best director I've ever worked with. He just seems to know how to do it and he knows how to make you feel good about it. He's having so much fun you start having fun. You can't help it.

Definitely in voice-over, you have to be completely uninhibited. More than that, you have to put yourself back into the enjoyment of pretending.

To me, acting is like a party. It's like a fun thing to do. You don't have to worry. You don't have to agonize about anything.

My favorite on screen moments are when you are really there and you know you're creating something. That's so exciting... it's why you come to work.

Dancing is my obsession. My life.

I love dancing!