Ian Mcewan Quotes

I know, to some, I am always a little over the top, but that's just who I am, and I'd rather be that way than monotone or less than scintillating in my presentation.

Once someone asked me three words that best describe me and I said 'Loud, Louder, and Loudest'!

I like everything loud, over the top, dramatic.

My father is a very theatrical and dramatic person.

I don't think of myself as being troubled as a human being, but I guess I'm quite extreme, quite big and quite loud, and maybe people pick up on that when they cast me. I'm certainly not the quiet reflective type.

My parents would always tell you that I was the crazy princess growing up. I was a drama queen.

I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.

I've always loved Victorian melodrama. And I've always liked larger-than-life theater, providing it's truthful and honest. I like what the theater can provide in energy and bombast - I enjoy it when it's large, and by that I don't mean in size, I mean in emotions. Shakespeare did that.

I am quite loud and bolshie.

The Russians are extreme people: they are generous but crazy at the same time. They always have something to say, and I really like that.

Growing up, all my friends used to say 'Naturi, you are so dramatic!' and I would think to myself, 'Thank you!'

The part of my personality that most irritated my husband, some of our big, big disagreements were when I got what he called 'showbiz.' He meant flamboyant or raucous.

I'm fairly dramatic.

I hope we're not the last of the Mohicans when it comes to putting on a big, crazy, over-the-top theatrical rock show.

Joe Cocker never sounded forced. Crazy, perhaps, but not forced.

Lotte Lenya was all emotion. She wasn't anything but emotion. She was not an intellectual.

In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and conviction every month.

I don't temper how I feel. I'm Greek. I've got emotions.

Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing.

In real life, I'm a large character, and I need the space and platform to be large.

I think my personality, obviously is very loud and out there.

The world isn't all happy, shiny people, and great art doesn't come from vanilla. Great art comes from people with a point of view and are very passionate.

People call me energy in a bottle.

Nothing feels comfortable in rock 'n' roll.

I was always very extroverted and loud.