Quotes About Contrast

Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women.

Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white... to highlight that contrast.

His work "The Pasture" features cast bronze cows in Toronto's financial district I wanted to remind stockbrokers what real stock is.

The way I go about choosing roles is basically by just trying to pick the complete opposite of the last thing I did, or if it has someone else who I really have wanted to work with.

Originally, the lyrics to "Girl" were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something happy and light, you need the shadows.

Those watercolourists who work from light to dark know that the darks do the damage.

I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.

You can do gross-out until the cows come home but if there isn't something to balance it, then it's not going to work at all.

It's always good I think in general to have different energies on screen, like it's nice to have different characters go at different speeds, just like different people work at different speeds.

My dad was not one of these stereotypical military people - buzz-cut, rah-rah-rah.

I'm definitely not your stereotypical actor: the loud, cackling type who strolls into a room and grabs everyone's attention with a great story. I've always been much more of a listener.

The images of Earth's delicate biosphere, contrasting with the sterile moonscape where the astronauts left their footsteps, have become iconic for environmentalists: these may indeed be the Apollo programme's most enduring legacy.

Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.

Steve is very quiet, even shy. I am very gregarious. So, opposites.

I think I tried on the hardcore scene's outfits maybe once, and then I just figured I'd stick to Hawaiian shirts.

I love comedy, but it's dramas that stick with me.

I'd feel weird on a show where it was a bunch of dudes that are my type. I like sticking out a little.

I have more fun hanging out with my friends who are musicians and rock stars. You know politicians by and large are pretty stiff, pretty rehearsed.

So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

I received more genuine religious stimulation in prison than in the seminary.

My girlfriend has crabs, I bought her fishnet stockings.

People compare me to Angelina Jolie, and she's so serious and stoic. I'm the opposite.

I'm always playing someone grumpy or sad or grieving or downtrodden or stoic. As people get to know me within the industry, they know it's completely the opposite of what I'm like because I am a hyperactive, energetic ball.

It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.