Diana Gabaldon Quotes

There's this little recipe that you have to hit pretty well to get somebody to laugh. And it's a combination of the way in which you say something, with the facial expression that you have, married with the body language that you have, etc.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

I'm big on facial expressions, and I'm big on mannerisms, which I find to be hilarious.

When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.

I like my hands. They do most of the talking.

Women are better at reading body language everywhere in the world. As a matter of fact, it's associated with the female hormone estrogen. Women are better at figuring out of tone of voice, reading your face and posture and gesture.

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.

One of the coolest ways to start building a character is the way he moves his mouth, what part of the mouth he puts his words into, how he expresses himself, and there's a certain flavor you get with a dialect.

Posturing is funny to me.

I think you can actually express a lot more in ways without words.

What that situation really needed was a little eyebrows.

I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression.

Comedy is a noble art.

The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom. When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested, movies. Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.

Every time i try and wink at someone, I mess it up and end up scaring people.

Be sure to give the same expression to a person's face that you give to his body.

Gary, who's wearing a coral shirt and white pants, growls to look tough. It doesn't work.

You are always looking at people like this.” And then she made a face, one he couldn’t possibly begin to describe. “If I ever look like that,” he said dryly, “precisely like that, to be more precise, I give you leave to shoot me.

Zuzana arched an eyebrow. She was a master of the eyebrow arch, and Karou envied her for it. Her own eyebrows did not function independently of each other, which handicapped her expressions of suspicion and disdain.

Make portraits of people in typical, familiar poses, being sure above all to give their faces the same kind of expression as their bodies.

The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression.

When the tongue lies, the eyes tell the truth.

I have made enough faces.

Every passion gives a particular cast to the countenance, and is apt to discover itself in some feature or other. I have seen an eye curse for half an hour together, and an eyebrow call a man a scoundrel.

I have always loved both drama and comedy.