Quotes About Art

I'm continuing to write and love 'Hellblazer.' Also, I'm writing a 'Flashpoint' mini-series ' with art by George Perez - which features Shade the Changing Man and Enchantress.

I keep thinking: 'Georgia O'Keeffe wouldn't have had Botox.'

Although I have been doing plays since I was 8 years old, it was only when I started doing Shakespeare at age 19 at the Georgia Shakespeare Festival that I felt like my career started.

Rammstein's music demands German lyrics.

Each single gesture of art must be daring. One must not be concerned with the side-effects.

Comedy is more an art of body language and gestures - it is more a performance of an artist than the lines given to him/her.

Music and guitar are my favorite things, so it's fun to get together with other people who share the passion and talk about the details.

Obviously 'Pete's Dragon' is more commercial than 'A Ghost Story,' but when making them, I'm just trying to tell a story that matters to me, that ultimately would satisfy me as a moviegoer. Because watching movies is my favorite thing to do. I watch a lot of them.

I've tried not to treat Shakespeare as a marble giant.

I get giddy with the idea of stringing words together that make people laugh.

I think architecture has to be a gift.

So I like to make music, and I like to share music. This is also a gift.

I think acting is a gift.

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

At school, I was basically a loner, it was hard until I was 15 or so. Then I went to art school and was gifted with freedom to do the things I really wanted to do.

I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.

I have the most incredible fans, and they have given me so many wonderful gifts. My apartment is decorated almost entirely with fan art.

I'm a gigantic musical film fan.

My girlfriend's a costume designer in the theater.

You don't get paid a whole lot for theatre, but you know, I feel more like, 'Where could I buy this experience, and how much would it cost? Who else would give me this kind of focus and put me in a room with this kind of talent?'

I get a lot of advice from my dad about how I should be as a human being, but as an actor, I think he'll give me advice once I'm doing a film for him.

When people give me the choice to either sing or dance, I'd rather dance than sing.

Creative work gives you an almost indissoluble connection with people.

I enjoy doing my work, and I don't want to deal with the other things. When you enjoy doing your work so much, why deal with where to show, how to show, what to do? If the artist finds the right gallery which respects their work and gives them that freedom to do whatever they want to do, the artist can focus on his work.