Quotes About Artistry

For me, makeup will always be about glamour, fantasy, and escapism!

Being a big fan of 'Glee,' I want to do the show justice.

I don't know if it's cool to say this anymore, but I grew up listening to Gary Glitter. A majority of his songs were in that shuffle-blues beat, and I think that's probably why I tend to write like that.

I dress in clothing that makes me happy, I make the music I want, I wear glitter and make-up, I express myself better, I don't feel boxed in. It's pretty freeing.

I think cinema is so visually driven now, and people are so taken in by the glamour, gloss and all things good looking that we don't appreciate the craft as much as we used to in the bygone era.

If you get satisfaction out of playing music and entertaining people and it makes you feel right, then go for it.

If I go home from a day of shooting, and I haven't at some point felt the magic, I'm really frustrated.

Every time we get days off, we try to go home and record five or six songs.

I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song.

Let me put it this way: if 'The Godfather' hadn't been made, 'Sarkaar' wouldn't have been made. That is the truth.

I started out as being a diva in a golden dress and now to a more bearded drag artist guy in boots.

'Goliath' is about nine, 10 minutes long, and the end of it is so interesting, we didn't really want it to be used as a single.

I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him.

Good acting is really excellent carpentry.

I've said this so many times but there's a magic when you have a really good actor in a really good makeup.

I think, at the end of the day, if you're a good actor, then you're a good actor.

I never wanted to become an actor to be famous. I just wanted to be a good actor. It served me pretty well.

I always like to work with really good filmmakers and really good actors.

I think all art - if it's good - is a result of really trying to create something that you can't put into words. Where language ends is where good art begins.

Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it.

I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.

When you have a good director, it's just wonderful.

Very often, it's the director that I'm attracted to. If it's a really good director, I don't even have to read the script to say yes.

Making a film - particularly what I think is a good film - is the result of a team of people, and the end result has many, many hands on it.