Physical Expression Quotes

Acting is very physical, even when it doesn't appear to be. It's about the arc of your body's language through a film.

Dance has always been a really important thing for me, so being able to physically express the characters through music and dance is like another layer to things.

Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible.

The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.

Emotion is created by motion. Whatever you're feeling right now is related to how you're using your body.

When you're using your upper body to live, you get to know how to move every muscle.

I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body.

I don't think I see the way bodies move in any special way. People say I do, but everybody moves. I don't see why all of a sudden I'm a specialist in the way bodies move.

Dancers know how to move their arms and their hands. But I don't know the first thing about how to move my arms and hands gracefully.

The body always expresses the spirit whose envelope it is. And for him who can see, the nude offers the richest meaning.

I think I jump around more when I'm alone.

Nothing so clearly and inevitably reveals the inner man than movement and gesture. It is quite possible, if one chooses, to conceal and dissimulate behind words or paintings or statues or other forms of human expression, but the moment you move you stand revealed, for good or ill, for what you are.

People think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just because the dance moves require it.

The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.

I think I am good in the department of body language and fighting, and stuff like that. It's just natural to me, maybe because I love sports.

Since it is through movement that the will realises itself, we should assist a child in his attempts to put his will into act.

If I played a tough kid on the street I couldn't go out there and get into fifth position. I had to dance like a tough kid on the street.

Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.

I use my hands a lot while acting.

I was drawn into acting due to the fact that I could express myself better. I could use my voice - my entire body - not just my looks, height, and physical expressions.

Jared told her he used to be an exotic dancer in San Francisco.' 'My body is a gift from God,' Jared said gravely. 'Except for my hips, which are clearly a gift from the devil.

Ballet is more than a profession - it is a way of life.

When I act, I act with my skin.

Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play.