Remo D'Souza Quotes

I design all of my costumes. I like to go out there and feel like I have contributed to every part of what I do. I choose the music, the choreographer, I've obviously chosen my coach, my costumes - all if that falls under my realm of power, my realm of influence.

It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.

I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.

Acting and making music are quite complementary. Acting relies on someone else's writing and direction; writing music or lyrics doesn't. But they are both creative and personal in completely different ways.

I had always choreographed a little, beginning in high school. And I leaned toward choreography. I always had an overview of what was going on.

With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.

I was a late bloomer, but I had a career as a contemporary dancer before that, so I had some kind of connection to this world. But I was always a little more in love with the drama of dancing than the aesthetics, so I thought, 'Why don't you give it a chance if you think you can do it a little different?'

I've just been learning how to direct my own videos, choreography, doing costumes... every creative opportunity there is with my music I've taken.

I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded about the dance, or the dance company.

Growing up as a singer, and a cast member, and now as an adult, a songwriter, I get the luxury of choosing the kinds of songs that I want to sing, because I'll write, you know, hundreds of songs. Even though only 12 appear on the album. That's 12 that I've chosen to sing of my catalog.

When you do a lot of acting your entire life, you see the entire set from one point of view. To have a chance to step back and pull it all together is really exciting. You want to do it all; you want to have a hand in everything.

With the 'iCarly' soundtrack, I didn't get to write any of the songs. I just picked songs that meant a lot to me that I really liked.

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.

I totally remove myself from any costumes, wardrobe, any choreography. I could care less about that stuff.

I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director.

There are a lot of artists that I love, and I think they're really talented, and they're good dancers as well. I've always wished that I could combine that.

Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director.

We're doing a workshop over the first two weeks of December, I believe, with Graciella Daniele directing it.

I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.

Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.

I've had some success at writing and directing, and I like it. It's infinitely more creative than just acting, and I have things I want to say and do.

As an actor, you're never really in control of the product. I think the goal is to create what you want. And if you can get as close as you can get to the creation of something, it starts with development.

To have the privileged position of being the guy who is responsible for shaping the entire experience for an audience as opposed to being just one instrument in that orchestra, being an actor, it's all-encompassing.

Acting requires emotional flexibility and demands, and directing is more cerebral and managerial and a tactical kind of thing.

If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.