“As an actor, you always look for things that will stretch you and that are different than you are, so that you can surprise yourself, and you want to surround yourself with the highest caliber of people that will make you look good.” PeopleWantLooksDifferentActorsHighestSurpriseSurroundSurround YourselfCaliber Author:Emmy Rossum
“As an actor, and especially as a young woman, there's so much pressure to look good all the time and it really detracts from what our job really is about, which is portraying a different person.” LooksPersonsDifferentJobsYoungActorsPressureYoung WomenPortraying Author:Emmy Rossum
“Theater is such a different ballgame than film. And that's really why I stayed in film, because I really love the reality of connecting with your own feelings, and really putting that across in a realistic way. In film, the smallest muscular movements in your face, that are produced just by sheer feelings, you're not controlling them in anyway, can be seen by people in the audience because your face is sometimes, frighteningly, 40 feet wide!” PeopleDifferentSometimesFeelingsRealityFilmAudienceYour FaceRealistic Author:Emmy Rossum
“I hope that I'm sexy in a different kind of way than I think that a lot of girls are right now. I think a lot of girls in the public eye, especially musical artists, are just kind of objectified a little bit and wearing super-skimpy outfits and leaving nothing to the imagination.” ThinkingWayKindLittlesDifferentEyeArtistGirlBitsImaginationRight NowLittle BitLeavingMusicalSexyDifferent KindsPublic EyeOutfits Author:Emmy Rossum
“I like René Descartes' theory about a ball of wax. You can change its form from solid to liquid, but it's still the same ball of wax. With acting, you are the same person in a different form. You can only be what you know, and you only truly know yourself.” KnowsPersonsStillsDifferentFormActingTheoryBallsKnow YourselfLiquid Author:Emmy Rossum
“I'd say that my musical influences are anywhere from pop-rock electronica, new age and classical. But I think that specifically, bands - I love Jem, I love Sigur Ross, I love David Gray, I love Elliot Smith... a lot of different people. But I don't find lyrical inspiration from anybody.” PeopleThinkingDifferentInspirationAgeInfluenceRocksBandMusicalPopsGrayNew AgeDifferent PeoplesLyricalJemMusical Influence Author:Emmy Rossum
