Elsa Hosk Quotes

It's so important to look relaxed.

I can tell by the way somebody walks if they can dance or not. Just by the rhythm.

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.

In ten years of modeling, I've trained myself to relax and be able to use my upper body.

I know, for me, dance did inspire me. Not just in how I feel but that confidence of being able to hold myself and come into a room and just feel comfortable with my body and how I stand and how you present yourself and just how you wear clothes, even.

You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.

Nothing is more revealing than movement.

I spent hours on the internet looking at how glamorous actresses winked and how they would put their hand on their waist, and I was told to look at how they would walk in a room and how her body takes place of everything.

When you are modelling, you are creating a picture, a still life, perhaps something like a silent film. You convey emotion but you are only using your body.

There are times when I consciously give the character something physical - a walk, the way he sits, how he talks, or his lack of physicality, which is like a physicality.

Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.

A lot of women don't realize that even a small heel helps you throw your shoulders back and keep your chest up; it really does make a difference in the way you present yourself. It changes your posture and makes you look more confident.

When you dance, your body just wants to find its natural weight. I'm naturally a lot more Tommy Tune than I am Wolverine.

I'm pretty much of a physical actor.

A shoe is not only a design, but it's a part of your body language, the way you walk. The way you're going to move is quite dictated by your shoes.

Acting is very physical, even when it doesn't appear to be. It's about the arc of your body's language through a film.

Face dance means you don't know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That's face dancing.

On my own, I have very bad posture; I'm clunky.

When you act, your whole body is the instrument.

The way in which you carry yourself, even when seated at a desk, matters.

Before you get into the mind, you have to inhabit the physicality. Body language is a great way of speaking.

Ballet opens up the chest and the arms and elongates the body, so you carry yourself straighter. That's so important for a model. But also every woman.

I don't know how to pose or anything.

Who said that looking good is not a task? There are so many girls with a well maintained body, but will they be able to walk the beachside in front of the camera wearing a swimsuit? Carrying your body in a certain manner to look sexy is also an art.

Maybe it's a personality thing individual to me, but actors always benefit from body awareness.