A song in a musical works best when a character has to sing - when words won't do the trick anymore. The same idea applies to a long speech in a play or a movie or on television. You want to force the character out of a conversational pattern.
The idea of doing something that I've never done before, that presents a new challenge, that forces me to stretch in some way - that's kind of a perfect project for me, and especially something that has greater social, conversational ramifications. I mean what more could you want?
I just love the whole idea of conversational prints.
If you like a conversational style of comedy, if you like comedy that's a little dangerous, I'm your guy.
I think it's really cool when artists have song titles or album names that are a really conversational sentence.
I am conversational - I just like to engage and talk about things.
When I hear myself singing, I hear Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix. There's a conversational thing going on. I suppose it depends on which The Pretenders song you're listening to.
If you're doing an interview, you need conversational tension. After you talk to them, you're not going to have a relationship with them, they're not going to like you, they're not going to be your friend.
I tend to be conversational and loose with dialogue in general, not out of disrespect for the source material but because that's the way I work.
Humor can prove to be the conversational lubricant you need to remove the tension from the most unpleasant management- and accountability-related conversations.
