Quotes About Versatility

I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.

It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken.

It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how.

Especially early on, I had no idea what I was going to be asked to do when I walked into a studio. I was doing 26 sessions a week - all day, all night.

I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows than I've ever done science fiction shows. I was on 'Murder She Wrote,' I was on 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' I was on 'Jake and the Fat Man.'

I was a copy editor. I loved it. I love grammar. I'm obsessed. I was a bartender. I worked in a cafe. I was a dog walker. I was a babysitter. I was a tutor. Once I was asked to half-babysit, half-bartend.

There's a plethora of genres that I've been introduced to, but that's only because of the foundation that was laid growing up in New Orleans. I know it's a cliche thing to say, but it's very gumbo-like. You get that here. You can mix well with all different walks of life. That's what New Orleans is. It's like no other place.

I've crossed paths with so many different people from all walks of life. Any situation you put me in, I can manage.

The hope is that you're never pigeonholed, but at the same time I would have been content being a guy in the sitcom who walks in and has crumbs on his chest and goes, 'Where's the doughnuts?' I would have been fine with that. It's an honor to get paid to make people laugh on a sitcom.

Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.

The difference between me and other black belts is that I truly believe that jujitsu can be used in all aspects of MMA, because it was created to do that. If you train hard, it will work.

I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.

To be honest, I don't really care if I'm starting or coming off the bench.

Starting, coming off the bench, whatever it may be, I feel I can adjust and I can play pretty much any role that I'm put in.

It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

I've had the benefit of doing pretty much everything. So I'm really pretty comfortable in any situation.

I wanted to show people that I can do something besides street music.

I think that the best part of being an Indian actress is that you can be a part of so many different films in different languages.

Being from a big band is great because you can do other bands.

I have never tried to bind myself in some kind of an image on screen. I have always tried to do different things.

I was one of those kids who wanted to do everything, I wanted to be a marine biologist, an actress, a writer, an environmentalist, an activist.

I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when someone can put you in more serious roles. I'm not blaming them for that - it's just up to me to show people what I can do.

I enjoy doing comic roles that blend with the story. I am looking for cinema that is sensible and is entertaining and engaging, be it is comic or serious.

Every art form has its own beauty, but blending it with other forms in separate ways is okay.