John Leguizamo Quotes

We are living in a world where the individual must learn to command the raw materials of expression. He must not be dependent all the time on the ready-made, the finished product. It's the transferring, the changing of the raw into what is the expression of your own self – the whole joy and satisfaction and frustration of life is built into this.

With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person.

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.

Good things will come from self-expression.

It was really a focus on how to in some ways keep moving in this direction towards something that allowed me to express myself in a way that sports didn't.

Develop that individuality by working as hard as you can at what you love.

Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.

Everybody talks about finding your voice. Do your homework and your voice will find you.

I see myself first and foremost as a student of expression.

If I walk away from music, I walk away from myself.

I've always used poetry to explain myself to myself. These things just sat in my psyche and then came out.

During 'Hawthorne', I was constantly trying not to be too outrageous and keep it serious. This has been so refreshing for me because it's such a good outlet for the inner me to just be. That's the whole point of 'Glee' anyways - to just be who you are and that's enough. I really feel that way on set.

All that I am is me. So I'm not really a poet or a writer or an actor or an activist; I'm me, and these are things that I do.

Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way.

Dancers are made, not born.

The making of a whole person and the creation of true individuals can only happen by singing and dancing and making art.

Music I do just for me.

I'm less desperate now to express what's inside me, that's true - I act these days because it keeps me awake and interested, an eternal student.

I care about being creative and expressing myself.

For me, learning music and playing music and learning your instrument has incredible parallels for our day-to-day existence as human beings. All the ideas of discipline, and having a sense of yourself and translating that to music, that's all part of life's journey.

Music is an expression. It's almost like a diary in my life, you know. You express your perceptions and your view on life - your world view.

I'm a bit of a strange human being - I love to work. I love art. I love self-expression.

All I've done since I was young was hone my craft.

Art and culture and all of these things - they really matter. They shape your individuality.

People need to express themselves. The more you do that, the better a person you become.