Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

I love watching people, guessing what they are going to do next. I'm no Derren Brown, but I love that people stuff. Maybe that's why I'm an actor.

I love observing both vocally and by sight. So I take on a lot of those elements of people around me.

I just love to impersonate people, and I impersonate people because I find them fascinating.

I am a people watcher and I have a very good memory.

I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.

University was a chance to people-watch and to mix with people from all various walks of life, which as an actor is a great experience because you get to observe people.

It's fun to peek into other people's worlds and see how they go about doing things.

I've always been a keen observer of people.

I'm a people watcher, and I love to listen.

One of my passions is to meet people and then imitate them. I love doing that.

My books are based on observing others, not myself.

Eavesdrop and write it down from memory - gives you a stronger sense of how people talk and what their concerns are. I love to eavesdrop!

I'm like the master of ceremonies being funny, and then sometimes people you're with, girlfriends and stuff, are like, 'God I wish I had the person on stage to be with all the time.'

I love watching people, and that's what I do; just go for a walk at about 4 o'clock, and go down a busy street, where you see people coming out of school and you get a glimpse of their lives, what they're talking about.

When I play games, I'll make up little stories for just anything. It's almost the game of making up background stories for people you see on the street. You know what I mean? I wasn't exactly the popular kid in school growing up, so I found myself really observing people, and watching how they interact, and how they react to things.

I'm curious about people. That's what I've always done since I've been a small boy. I'm curious about others.

One of the reasons I love acting is because I'm so interested in other people's lives, and I often incorporate things I hear or observe into my work. I've become a bit of a 'person addict,' and so I like brushing up against lots of different characters.

I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is.

I think creative people need to do a bit of, you know, tuning into every radio station - you just do, otherwise you don't know much about other people. You kind of have to learn a bit about yourself so you can work out how we all behave and why we do the things we do.

I love, I love human beings, studying them.

I love observing people.

It makes you observe small details; even if it's just a kid playing with his dad, if you watch them closely, you can use that in your work. It helps you fully understand people better.

Listening to people keeps them entertained.

Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to deal with them in real life.

Walking around sometimes, I would love to just be able to watch people, see how they act. Sometimes I would love to be invisible.