Quotes About Tone

He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal, a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No, I think he came pretty much off the page.

I don't have muscle tone. I'm just flab. I'm not a daredevil. I don't like pain, I don't like cold, I don't want to feel exhausted. But the sense of accomplishment is something I've never felt before, in a physical sense.

'The Driver' kind of set the tone for what I wanted to say, and lyrically, it especially did.

I recently saw HBO's 'Getting On,' and I was like, 'That's awesome.' I love that tone. It's a great show.

When you're a TV star, you pretty much set the tone, and on 'Police Woman,' we goofed around all the time.

It's no coincidence that 'Night at the Museum' completely blew the lid off my career. I finally got a handle on tone.

'What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal' was thrilling in its light, deceptive tone, its subtle but irresistible momentum.

Of all the soul divas, Gladys Knight was the one for me. Knight's always been about tone and heart, none of the big showboating or extraneous doodling. She nailed a melody and only played a little around the edges like Ma Staple.

It's like spicy food - sometimes you have to tone it down so more people can enjoy it.

We must demand a more civil tone and tenor in our politics.

The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.

From a gameplay standpoint, I've said for years that hero, fiction, and tone have nothing to do with the idea that choices have consequences. And that's really what I'm interested in. I care about you showing how clever and creative you are.

As an actor and a writer, the anxiety about doing TV is that you start to feel like you get married to one tone or one kind of idea and you feel like you want to be able to express a lot of different things.

A lot of Knxwledge's instrumentals just brought out this tone and swagger that I had played with before but had never really pinpointed before on my Anderson .Paak stuff. But then it just came so easily.

You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films cold, you're not quite sure. It's the same in - I'm trying to think of other directors with a similar sense - David Lynch's films, Tim's films, some of Cronenberg's stuff.

When I was at MSNBC, I had issues with the Obama administration. I got told by the person who runs MSNBC... that Washington was not happy with my tone.

I think crafting a new, effective horror movie is not just about when night falls and things get scary. It's about setting a tone and mood that permeates throughout the entire movie. So even during the daytime, things are never quite safe-feeling.

If you just did a horror tone throughout an entire movie you almost, as an audience, can get a little bit used to it. But if you're laughing one minute and, you know, somebody's doing something quite horrific the next minute, it's a little more shocking.

I work out one-and-a-half hours a day, five times a week to strengthen my muscles and increase tone.

I feel as if I've been fairly successful with maintaining a cohesive tone between the work I make as a photographer and as a director.

I receive really powerful personal letters. I think that always takes the cake. It blows me away... some of the comments. Someone will come and I sense their whole tone and energy when they're handing me this letter.

In terms of tone and style, I've always been influenced by a lot of different players. I love Nick Drake, Mike Bloomfield and Sonic Boom. I like those three a lot!

It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.

My biggest issue is hyperpigmentation and evening out my skin tone.