Robert Bresson Quotes

There is as much expression in the feet as in the hands.

Hence it is from the representation of things spoken by means of posture and gesture that the whole of the art of dance has been elaborated.

Behold the hands, how they promise, conjure, appeal, menace, pray, supplicate, refuse, beckon, interrogate, admire, confess, cringe, instruct, command, mock and what not besides, with a variation and multiplication of variation which makes the tongue envious.

Movements are as eloquent as words.

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.

Nothing is more revealing than movement.

I like my hands. They do most of the talking.

There's a lot you can do without words.

Body language is essential for an actress, even if you don't use your body in an athletic way. Just to be free, to use it like your voice. A body can be small and have incredible violence. A body talks.

I think you can actually express a lot more in ways without words.

I literally can't talk without moving hands.

How talented was death. How many expressions and manipulations of hand, face, body, no two alike.

Gestures are all that I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature.

My method is to find a word with a gesture.

Sometimes, to be silent is to be most eloquent.

Hands have their own language.

Body language is more powerful than words.

The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual - as we think so will we act.

You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

If you have to tell a story without speaking, it's sort of like - I come from a dance background, so it's like a ballet where you have to tell a story with just your body. I think that's really interesting to have to tell a story with just your face and your mannerisms, and I'd like to tap into that world.

When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.

The body says what words cannot.

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.