Gerard Bauer Quotes

A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.

Your voice is important - it gives away everything about you. The mouth is a muscle you have to work like you'd work at the gym.

I move my face so much, because I'm very much expressive.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use.

The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression.

I'm big on facial expressions, and I'm big on mannerisms, which I find to be hilarious.

It is really hard to completely re-learn how to express yourself without using words. When you take away speech, you have to re-invent the way you express yourself. You have to exaggerate your body language and your facial expressions.

All of us have a lot of sides to ourselves, but the fun thing about being actor is you make one side predominant for the character you're playing.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

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.

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

A voice and an accent are two very different things. The voice of a man is how he speaks from his heart, right in the middle of him... And then you stick an accent on top of that.

Ninety-eight per cent of all human communication is non-verbal.

Conversation makes one what he is.

Most of us do not use speech to express thought. We use it to express feelings.

Self-expression is the dominant necessity of human nature.

It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that what is spoken.

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

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

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there.

Style is the image of character.

Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.

Breathing is always key in any character. When you have a character with no voice, that makes it even more important.