Platon Quotes

The best thing about Mick Jagger is how uncalculating he is. He does what he wants to do and it feels right. He's not a dancer - neither am I.

Man is never so authentically himself as when at play.

I say whatever I think and whatever is on my mind, and I just hope that it comes out good. I just try to have a lot of fun.

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.

I am not good at first or second impressions, and you have to spend some time with me to know me. Also, I don't want to put my best foot forward and prove something, as that is not me. I would rather be me and have you like me for who I am, instead of being someone else.

Video is freeing, but also lazier. You have to recreate the love of the moment.

For the auditioning process, I love to move my body around, maybe dance a little bit, get myself in a really loose place where I'm free to play.

All I really want to do is play, that's all that matters. I don't think I've ever tried to cultivate an image. Everything has been on instinct. The flannel shirt and jeans, for example... those are the clothes I wear. If I wore anything else on stage, I wouldn't feel comfortable.

I don't even really try to do something different. I just do what's authentic to me.

Artists can be themselves. They don't have to pretend to be somebody they're not.

You shouldn't think about technique when you play. You have to be you. It cannot be about, 'I can play this, and I can show you that.'

I don't try to be anything. I just want to play my game.

Self-expression is the dominant necessity of human nature.

While making art you should just do what is in your heart.

To express yourself as you are, without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, is the most important thing.

It's exciting to watch people do and write and say what they feel like doing, writing and saying.

I want people to do what they want to do because when they feel comfortable it seems to translate better on screen. It is when you put people in a straitjacket that it doesn't seem to translate very well at all. The individuals I work with are usually people I know.

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

When I'm singing, that's all me. That's from the bottom of my heart - it's everything I've worked for. When you're on stage, there are no guidelines. No one's telling me what to do!

And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.

I like that feeling of letting loose, of not planning every step. The best performances are the ones that you just let happen.

The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.

The stage is a place where I can be wholly myself. Even though you're in front of people almost to be judged, it is a place without judgement.

People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.

With 'Friday Night Lights,' we were encouraged to make it our own and improvise as much as we wanted.