Mime Quotes

“I NEVER SAY I LACK TIME,I KNOW MY PRIORITY PRIME,I BELIEVE KILLING TIME IS CRIME,I WORK EVEN THEY DO CHIME,I HAVE PEOPLE WHO READ MY MIME”

“If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?”

“What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude.”

“Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.”

“Celebrity is a word that I find offensive. That's the c-word. I hate it. It means no discernible talent. It means all you want is to be famous. It doesn't mean you're a writer, an actor, a mime. I think I wanna not be a celebrity.”

“I learned mime back when I was in college, at Ball State University, Indiana. That woke up my body from the neck down and made me realize that acting and communication - portraying a story, event, or emotion - is a full-body experience.”

“I spent most of my life trying to specialize myself. I went to theater school, film school, music school, mime school ... Finally, I was able to gather enough knowledge to build the confidence to create my own work, that goes utterly against the sense of specialization.”

“I’ll make Goyle do lines, it’ll kill him, he hates writing,” said Ron happily. He lowered his voice to Goyle’s low grunt and, screwing up his face in a look of pained concentration, mimed writing in midair. “I... must... not... look... like... a... baboon’s... backside.”

“This ends now. We’re breaking bread.” The waiter gets to us before Thommo’s had time to peruse.“Do you have bread?”“We have croissants.”Thommo blinks. “We’re breaking croissant.”“One croissant?” the waiter asks.“With three plates.”“They’re very small.” He mimes the croissant’s size.“Then bring small plates,” Thommo says.”