Laurie Metcalf Quotes

Minimal is the word I'd use to describe how I live and dress, and it's also how I sing. I'm not a big fan of overemoting.

I don't make big grand gestures, generally.

I've never been a much of a glamour girl.

I see no point in talking about myself unnecessarily.

I don't talk. I just let what I do talk for myself.

The Truth never flaunted a sign.

Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.

The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

I don't like to make a big splash anyway.

You don't wear all your jewellery at once. You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them.

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

I've always gone for the more understated look.

I look pretty nondescript. I don't go out of my way to... I don't express my personality with my clothes, with my car or my, you know, house. I express with my personality; so as far as what I wear - I don't really care about that.

I don't find myself interesting as a person and the details I find boring, quite frankly. You could sum it up in a few words or sentences really: came from nothing. Self-educated. Luck. Energy. Curiosity. Ambition. That's it. Nothing at all can illuminate the work as far as I can tell.

I think I'm so low key.

I don't go for the flash and panache.

I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian who laughs at his own jokes.

Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

Nothing should be noticed.

I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.

I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.