Quotes About Versatility

I look at my career as a body of work, not just Queens of the Stone Age records. I'm in Eagles of Death Metal, I'm in Them Crooked Vultures; I make records with other people.

I love OneRepublic, The Script, All Time Low. I love pretty much every genre. I love the Rolling Stones and Elvis.

I love everything from The Rolling Stones to Run-DMC to Nina Simone.

I need to be able to be at a gig and just put my bag on the floor and not worry about it being stood on or getting ruined. You want a bag that can go through anything. And a little bit of softness is always lovely. If I don't have a dog, I can just pet my bag!

Acting in different languages doesn't stop you from growing; on the contrary, for an artiste, it helps a lot.

I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium.

I think I have the capability to make music different from what I have already released. There are ghazals and other songs that I can create. There is no stopping me though.

As a full back, your role is just as much in playing in midfield, getting forward and creating chances, as it is stopping them at the other end.

I don't stick to a routine, because I like to mix things up, which stops training becoming boring and helps shock muscles into firing up.

The good thing about SUVs is they have storage.

I'm grateful for being able to explore different avenues of my writing, whether it be music or stories, and it have an audience.

I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.

As a storyboard artist, you have to be able to draw anything.

I never wanted to be a brand director. I didn't want that kind of stamp. I wanted to be more like Pacino or Dustin Hoffman or Meryl Streep or De Niro - you know, a chameleon as a storyteller - because I love all kinds of movies.

To me, a good storyteller should be able to tell stories across genres.

Ron Howard is a great filmmaker and also a great storyteller in 60- and 30-minute shows, so why isn't he going to be a great storyteller in 10-minute pieces?

I've never been the straight rapper that is going to stand in a cipher and battle all day. I started off battle rapping, but to me, making songs became more important than freestyles... I've met many rappers who can freestyle but can't make a record.

Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now.

It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real.

I'm at least getting my foot in the door as far as doing straight dramatic parts, which no one would have ever considered me for in the '80s. I never objected to that because I love doing comedy, and I'm not the kind of actor that insists that unless you're doing a serious dramatic role, you're not acting.

The thing that's worked for me is having as much of a connection to the material as possible. And sometimes the material requires a more straightforward approach, and sometimes it requires a little more silliness, you know?

I like many different things you know so I'm probably going to experiment, and if I didn't I'd be a little bit strange and boring and stiff and kind of dead, and I'm very not that.

I feel like I can be six different people in one day sometimes. Which is fun but also really strange in my own brain.

He gestured at himself. "You see this, Bekah? This whole package here? It contains multitudes." "I knew you were full of something." "Iron