People Watching Quotes

I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm a great people watcher. You can draw inspiration from people.

I am still very observant. I am absorbed by people and why they do what they do.

I'll just walk around New York and watch people on the streets.

I am the audience. I want to observe people. Even when I'm playing drums onstage, I'm watching people. I'm looking at them and their faces and their T-shirts and their signs. And travelling by motorcycle, especially, the world is just coming at me.

You can always tell an actor by the bored look in their eye whenever someone else is talking.

For some reason, I like seeing people feel emotional.

As an actor, the training I received was that I walk through the world as an observer of life and of people. My job is to actually be looking out all the time and watching people.

I love observing people.

I love to go to the airports and just put on, like, dark glasses, so nobody can tell I'm staring at them, and just draw people.

I take from people all the time. I didn't ever go to acting classes or anything. You can just watch people.

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

I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.

Sometimes I'll leave the house and go to a delicatessen down the street from me - it's been there a million years - just because I can look at people.

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

I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such.

I've got re-addicted to normal people, which is the loveliest thing to write about.

For a writer it's a dream to sit and watch people as close as possible.

When I had my dogs, I used to spend a lot of time in Central Park, which is a great place to be alone among a lot of people.

When the movie's on, I usually watch more of the audience.

The joy of my heart is to 'study men, their manners, and their ways,' and for this darling object I cheerfully sacrifice every other consideration.

People-watching in New York while listening to Bach is kind of amazing.

A lot of times, I walk down the street and listen to people argue, and then I write a song about it.

William Regal once told us he people-watched when he was in the ring. He would see things that people would do. And if they annoyed him, chances are they would annoy someone else. A lot of times I'll just people watch when I'm traveling or at the airport or living everyday life.

I do love Instagram, and my kids are with me, like, 24-7, so it's inevitable that they'll be on there. And honestly, I know it sounds weird, but I look up people all the time on it. Because I find people so interesting, and I'm curious about them. It's a gateway to meet new people. I think the whole concept of Instagram is really cool.

I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.