Quotes About Presence

The best recording is the one you bring with you in your mind.

I may be on set acting, I may be in the studio recording, I might be teaching dance class all in the same day - so how can I manage all of those needs, prepare for all of those things, and still grow and train in all of them? The best you can do is, when you're focusing on one, be there and be present.

A stage play is beautiful only when it is seen as a stage play, just like you cannot get the same effect of a live Bharatanatyam performance in a recording.

I am a record executive and I shall be right there in your face with my records.

It's not that hard to imagine the natural world recovering it's health in our absence: it's more difficult, and more necessary, to imagine it recovering its health in our presence.

There's something rich and nourishing in the mundane - that isn't sparkly or red carpet.

I guess I get to make films and I love what I do, but there's also the downside of having to be constantly present and do a lot of press, and go to festivals and do the red carpet. And that's something that's more and more part of an actor's job.

A whole generation is moving away from highly ritualistic practices into a more thinking, spiritual process. By spiritual, I don't refer to a cult or a guru. In your heart, you continue to feel the presence of people who've been dear to you even after they've left.

I try to create characters people want to sit with, even if nothing is happening.

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.

I don't think too far ahead because I want to appreciate what's happening now.

It's essential that you make eye contact with your audience. You've got to know what's happening out there.

I'm happiest when I'm with my daughter and I don't have any distractions with my phone going off.

People liked my performances in 'Kill Dill' and 'Happy Ending,' but I was hardly there in them.

One of the hardest things to do in acting is to stop thinking about yourself and stop being self-conscious.

One of the hardest things to do is to be present and open and clear about who you are and what you stand for. We all have issues with that.

A flower doesn't love you or hate you, it just exists.

Not only do I have fun in the ring, but I have fun walking out to the ring. I have fun walking away from the ring.

If I see someone out there mouthing the words to a bit, I'm not having fun.

I may not always be the guy that's talking the most, but I think just how I walk around and how I play, people see that I'm having fun, enjoying it.

It's very healing to me to be a very present mother. I hope that it's also good for her. But it's definitely good for me.

The best part about doing 'Wuthering Heights' was you were completely in that world. It could not have been done with CGI. You had to be there.

I don't blame it on the Hell's Angels. I blame it on the people who were there.

My grandparents had always helped look after me, they were always there.