Simon Van Booy Quotes

Words are impotent to describe certain emotions.

A lot of the stuff that I do with Betty is in the eyes. A lot of the feelings that I evoke with her are unspoken, so that's been fun to play with.

Sometimes people give away more by not saying something.

He pleaded so much that he lost his voice. His bones began to fill with words.

A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.

It's not just dead men who tell no tales. Live ones don't have much to say for themselves, either.

In Chinese, there are an impressive number of ways to describe saying nothing at all.

A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall.

If you text someone, and you just get an emoticon back, it's over.

Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.

The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.

I don't think that the spoken words solve everything. Sometimes silence delivers truer feelings while the words can distort the meaning in some situations.

I'm an instinctive actor. I just see the part and play it. I'm more interested in what isn't said - the silences.

Tears at times have the weight of speech.

Even silence speaks.

Silence is a universal language. It's like music or painting.

In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much more quickly, often with a look. People hide things in words. When you don't have words to hide things in, it becomes much more direct and much more immediate of a connection.

What shall I say to you? What can I say Better than silence is?

Silence in love betrays more woe - Than words though ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity.

There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do; there are movements that are involuntary proofs of what the soul feels.

I never said nothing..." "I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You've got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn't dead!

The inarticulate speak longest.

I think there's a great deal of information you can convey with looks or silence.

It's hard to misquote someone who doesn't say anything.

I'm obsessed with subtexts. I love that we often don't say what we feel. That gap between the two. I like it when actors reveal a lot without having to say it.