“Too many times you come across lyrics that sound like you've heard them before or you can't really relate to them. And I think that I write songs that sound fresh and sensual in kind of a layered, lush way. But I also think that they are real, and that's why I wanted to call the record 'Inside Out.'” ThinkingWayWritingKindRealWantedSongSoundRecordsHeardLike YouSensualRelateLush Author:Emmy Rossum
“Sometimes I vocalize in the car. It's a good way to multitask. Although fellow drivers on the road think I'm craaaazy.” ThinkingWaySometimesCarFellowsDriversGood Way Author:Emmy Rossum
“I always think I could do better. I always think that something could be more perfect, but I think that that's just within my nature. I think I want to please a director, I want to give my everything and find every which way I could have burrowed further into a character.” ThinkingWayWantGivingCharacterPerfectPleaseDirectors Author:Emmy Rossum
“I love to create and I love to be challenged and I love to do things that are scary, so I think I would probably think about jumping off a bridge if somebody told me that's going to make that shot real great. I'd be like, "Okay, here we go, let's do it." Like, yeah.” IfsThinkingRealShotsOkayYeahScaryBridgesJumpingJumping OffJumping Off A Bridge Author:Emmy Rossum
“I think acting is a job where you're always unemployed. You're always looking for the next job, so I assume that it's like other jobs that are with that same kind of setup.” ThinkingKindJobsNextActingAssumingUnemployedSetups Author:Emmy Rossum
“In terms of the characters, I definitely do look for somebody that I think people can learn from and I can learn from too. In one way or another, by the fact that they are a role or by that fact that they aren't a role model. I feel like I was attracted to the past few characters that I've played, because they have an element that really touched my heart.” PeopleThinkingHeartCharacterPastTermMy HeartRole Models Author:Emmy Rossum
“Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are.” ThinkingTryingWonderRecordsInspireSucceedDecidedScaryAcceptedHardestBeing YourselfMottoHardest ThingMy Motto Author:Emmy Rossum
“Guys usually like a very natural look. I think it's bad idea to wear a strong lip on a first date - or for the first few dates. I'm always too nervous he'll kiss it off - if I'm lucky enough to get a kiss! I also think soft, sexy hair is important.” IfsThinkingFirstsLooksImportantIdeasEnoughGuyStrongNaturalHairLuckyKissingLipsSexyNervousBad IdeasFirst DateNatural Look Author:Emmy Rossum
“I think we're all a lot more like our parents than we want to admit.” ThinkingWantParent Author:Emmy Rossum
“I don't really live my life in the media spotlight. People don't know that much really about me or what I think.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMediaLiving My LifeSpotlight 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 think I kind of came out of the womb singing. I think I was, like, born at the hospital, and, you know, popped out, and was singing. ... I'm not sure really how it happened. I can't remember a time when I wasn't singing, or banging a beat on the dinner table...” ThinkingKnowsKindI CanRememberBornHappenedBeatsSingingTablesDinnerNot SureHospitalsWombBangingDinner Table 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
