Keri Smith Quotes

I write a diary every day.

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

I resolved to start journaling every day, and so far I've been journaling every day, and it's been great.

I was about 29 or 30, and I started writing monologues for myself. I felt I got more immediate encouragement from that than I ever had in acting.

I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it.

When I am on a long run in a play, I'm not sure how I would fill the days if I did not paint or write. On a basic level, it just stops me going crazy.

Sometimes I journal three pages, sometimes I journal thirty pages, but I'm writing all the time, and whatever's happening is happening in real time for me.

Writing is something I can do by myself.

I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

During 'Hawthorne', I was constantly trying not to be too outrageous and keep it serious. This has been so refreshing for me because it's such a good outlet for the inner me to just be. That's the whole point of 'Glee' anyways - to just be who you are and that's enough. I really feel that way on set.

I think I have a lot of internal energy, which does need to come out.

Everyone has their own mantra.

I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst.

Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat, 'Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will.'

At the age of 18, I made up my mind to never have another bad day in my life. I dove into a endless sea of gratitude from which I've never emerged.

Think new thoughts. Grab life with both hands, take opportunities you have, & create the ones you need.

I write in a journal occasionally. But it is not a daily discipline for me.

I was lucky I went to school in London because the tutors could see what to do. I knew I wanted to do something different. Why would I want to do what other people were already doing, because they would always do it better? I always wanted to work around the body. So throughout my college years, my work was quite free.

I used to love writing in my journal.

I'm less desperate now to express what's inside me, that's true - I act these days because it keeps me awake and interested, an eternal student.

I quickly realized I had to have my own style and strategy and find my own way.

I've kept a diary since I was 11.