Quotes About Observation

I see no reason for recording the obvious.

I've been recording forever. I'm a watcher. I'm a stalker. I love everything about people. It's always been a passion for me to observe.

People have always been recording what's going on around them in one form or another.

I grew up seeing my sister in the studio. I would go to recording sessions and take notes.

I'm always freaking people out because I'll be out somewhere and I'll hear someone say something and then later on I'll say it again word for word. It's almost like recording it in your head.

Any aspect of life can help you be a better actor because what are we doing except living life while somebody's recording it?

I go to clubs and if I notice the DJs are playing the records faster, then I'll push the beats a little on the next record I make. A lot of people don't know how to watch out for things like that.

I'm not really a political animal but I am rather fascinated by the meltdown of England and America. In the end, it seems as if America might come out of it, but I'm not sure if England is ever going to recover.

I see the world in rectangles. If I am talking to someone, I find myself analysing their face, working out how to recreate it in bricks.

My mom never used to put makeup on. But one day, when I was a kid, she had a red lip, and I was like, 'Oh my God, you look so amazing!' She said, 'But if I wore it all the time, you would not have noticed.'

Did you ever notice the color of Mary Poppins' petticoats? They were kind of orange and apricot and red. I think she had a secret life going on there.

I'll drive down the street, and I'll practice improv. I will sit there at a red light and see two guys talking to each other, and I will just start playing both characters. I can't hear them, but I can see their mouths moving, so I'll just put words in their mouths.

If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck.

If you record the world honestly, there's no way people can stop being funny. A lot of fiction writing doesn't get that idea, as if to acknowledge it would trivialize the story or trivialize human nature, when in fact human nature is reduced and falsified if the comic aspects are not included.

I just love playing snooker. Every single frame is different. Not one referee ever sets the balls up exactly the same.

I've had a chance to see something that is way outside everybody else's frame of reference and gives a perspective that is very different from everyone else's.

If you want to know how old you look, just walk into a French cafe. It's like a public referendum on your face.

I was fortunate enough to see and handle and take in everything I could while I was playing.

Watch people and how they handle other people. You have to stay open and keep your eyes open to them.

Being British, we tend to think of ourselves as America's best friend. And as your best friend, that gives us a little bit of license to point out things that could have been handled better.

If I ever saw an amputee getting hanged, I'd probably just start calling out letters.

I think it's important to stay curious and see and experience as much as you can, whether it's art, performance, music, travel, or just hanging out and people-watching.

There are these painterly things that happen while I'm working.

I can't believe what's happening visually, in front of my eyes.