K. D. Lang Quotes

The Truth never flaunted a sign.

It's my job to try to communicate with as little showiness as possible. I was a really showy actor as a young man.

I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it's very simple and honest and contained. You don't need to use as much expression, as much feeling. Some characters will boil over, and that's another thing, but a lot of times I think you can just do very, very little.

I've always gone for the more understated look.

Too many actors try to get too much out of scenes that they ought to be leaving alone, just doing them quickly and getting the hell out.

I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.

I like to let the work speak rather than to have to talk about it.

I like subtlety, blending in as opposed to screaming out 'look at me' with the way I dress.

Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough.

Sometimes there is simply no need to be either clever or original.

The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them.

Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.

The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.

We should work for simple, good, undecorated things.

A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen.

I don't like to make a big splash anyway.

I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.

I've always liked simplicity.

You don't wear all your jewellery at once. You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them.

I never dress to shock.

I like to keep things classic, not lavish or blinged out. I don't even say that word. The last thing I want to be is over the top.

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

I look pretty nondescript. I don't go out of my way to... I don't express my personality with my clothes, with my car or my, you know, house. I express with my personality; so as far as what I wear - I don't really care about that.