Quotes About Interpretation

Computers don't usually have a sense of if you have a picture of something what is in that image. And if we can do a good job of understanding what is in an image, that can bring along a lot of new things you can do in applications.

The thing about good art is that it makes you look at things in a new way.

They always find new ways of talking about my movies.

There is too much illustrating of the news these days. I look at many editorial cartoons and I don't know what the cartoonists are saying or how they feel about a certain issue.

But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed, and misrepresented my intentions.

Sometimes, when you see the newspaper and you read something I said, you say, 'Oh, I can't believe he said that.'

A song isn't a newspaper. It might feel direct, but it's not.

If I didn't understand a cartoon in a newspaper, I'd just turn the page.

The very best thing for music would be to live next door to a person who listens to loud music so you could mishear music everyday and mutate it to your own means.

What's nice about acting is that you're not just left with yourself all the time, but you get to see the world through so many different people's eyes.

There's no such thing as an actor giving positive criticism to a director. The minute you say 'Don't you think it would look nicer...', that director's going to hate your guts. Particularly if it's a good idea.

When I was younger I would often go to nightclubs and sit in the best-lit corner to look at what people chose to wear, or I'd go out and around the city - to places where people express their sense of what they think looks good. So, I get a sense of that, and then I try to interpret it.

I think there is an element of nihilism about, but I don't think most artists feel their work is meaningless.

Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?

Ninety percent of a good performance of an actor is based on the material. If you've got the material there, you can ride it.

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.

There are no boundaries while enacting negative characters and we are free to perform in any manner, it's fun.

People are going to think and take things how they're going to take it, and I have no control over that, so it's kind of like biding time until you get your feedback. So, it's like, once the public can consume what you're putting out there, then you know. Then you know hit, miss, in between.

I think there is no difference between the language of Shah Rukh Khan and Hafiz Saeed.

I really think there's no difference between an art piece made by a man and one made by a woman. Is it a good art piece or a bad art piece? Of course, if you're female, you're maybe dealing with different issues.

Hats look exactly the same. There's no difference between The Writing Hat and The Acting Hat.

There's no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. It's all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.

I have no idea what the audience makes of me.

You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels.