Quotes About Voice

We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future.

It's hard to write an Evan Hunter novel because I really am starting from scratch. I'm assuming a new voice each time. The McBain voice is set.

The big difference lies in the pay cheque and the billing in the credits. I have been voicing for a decade, and if you don't get good billing, it does hurt.

I'm a geek when it comes to my voice. I know if it hurts, something's wrong. You shouldn't feel it! It's very important to look after your voice.

We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.

Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.

In a world where ideas and ideals flow freely, we want what everybody else in an advanced society seems to have: a say in our future.

When I read a script I either immediately identify with the character or I don't. If I find myself reading the part in my own voice I think 'This is a bit of a drag, isn't it?' and it's no good.

You have to find an identity that's true to yourself. You really have to find your own voice.

Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.

I was determined to create my own identity. My first hits, in fact, were straight-up rhythm and blues. My voice was compared to Aretha Franklin's - though, for my money, no one compares to Aretha.

I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my goal, though, to get a band together again.

If I could sing, I wouldn't be a guitarist.

All I want is the same opportunities as the filmmakers I grew up admiring. But you know, I've had lots of amazing opportunities to do the movies I wanted to do. If I could write my future, I'd want to keep making character-based films that can make use of my voice as a filmmaker.

When we ignore the will of the people, people lose.

People comment on my voice. They always ask me if I'm ill.

A voice can also repel, infuriate or actually make a listener ill.

Haven't we all been taken aback when an illness suddenly causes the voice to crack and sometimes dry up completely?

I grew up under the politics of my size and my skin. I grew up under the politics of the sound of my voice and a lack of agency, or a feeling of a lack of agency, and not always being able to find myself in images that were in the media.

In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that.

What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him.

I'm trying everything. But voice work is the best thing you ever imagined. It's not about how you look, and you can go to work in your PJs.

Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had that extraordinary voice and manner that everyone could imitate, that he really took off as a figure.

I come from the world of theater, and I know Noel Coward's writing well. He has such a specific voice, and was one of the wittiest writers who ever lived, and you think of him in the same category as someone like Shakespeare who's just impossible to imitate.