Craig McCracken Quotes

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

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words.

You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

I think there's a great deal of information you can convey with looks or silence.

I literally can't talk without moving hands.

How truly language must be regarded as a hindrance to thought, though the necessary instrument of it, we shall clearly perceive on remembering the comparative force with which simple ideas are communicated by signs. To say, "Leave the room," is less expressive than to point to the door. Place a finger on the lips is more forcible than whispering, "Do not speak." A beck of the hand is better than, "Come here." No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words.

When there are no words, let your eyes do the talking.

There are all kinds of symbols. Verbal language is only one. Sometimes by opening our mouths, we make dreadful errors. It's often so much nicer just to look at somebody and vibrate.

None but those who have loved can be supposed to understand the oratory of the eye, the mute eloquence of a look, or the conversational powers of the face. Love's sweetest meanings are unspoken; the full heart knows no rhetoric of words, and resorts to the pantomime of sighs and glances.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.

There is a form of communication that transcends the power of words.

Body language is more powerful than words.

I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.

Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.

It is really hard to completely re-learn how to express yourself without using words. When you take away speech, you have to re-invent the way you express yourself. You have to exaggerate your body language and your facial expressions.

You can convey a lot of emotion with just some eyebrows and mouth movement.

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.

Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.

The body says what words cannot.