Henry Villard Quotes

It's a question of keeping one's eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. They're watching me too, to see what my attitude is like.

I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent.

I learned a lot just watching people perform.

If you're very open to watching the world go by, with people's different tics, you absorb it all without realizing it and find ways to put something into your character. I'm not sure I'm always aware I'm mimicking someone.

My favourite pastime used to be sitting on a park bench watching people. But after 'Jagged Little Pill,' the eyeballs turned, and I was the watched one.

It is something I recognise in myself. I do eavesdrop. I do people-watch, a lot.

I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them in my head. Then, all of a sudden, I was the one being watched.

It's fun to peek into other people's worlds and see how they go about doing things.

I like people-watching and fading into crowds.

So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing.

I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.

I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favorite thing to do, for sure.

I tend to stare at people and memorize what they're saying and how they say it.

I love observing both vocally and by sight. So I take on a lot of those elements of people around me.

You watch people and study them the way an alien would.

Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy.

I prefer to watch people.

The emphasis that diplomats of all countries in all capitals accord to entertainment is the result of a conspiracy by which function is found in pleasant social in intercourse and controlled inebriation.

I've always enjoyed disappearing into a crowd in New York. As an actor, I love to spy, and it's hard to be a good spy if everyone is looking at you. Also, I'm pretty shy. I don't really like a lot of attention.

I thought talking to human beings was just something that could make things complicated and unpleasant. So I didn't talk much. I just watched people.

The joy of my heart is to 'study men, their manners, and their ways,' and for this darling object I cheerfully sacrifice every other consideration.

One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot.

If we go to a party, I'll just be chilling in the corner, absorbing everything.

I am an observant. I like to observe people.

Watch people and how they handle other people. You have to stay open and keep your eyes open to them.