I wanted to do a movie about being really good at something, yet being socially awkward and not as advanced in your personal life as you are in your creative life. Alicia Witt More Quotes by Alicia Witt More Quotes From Alicia Witt Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone. Alicia Witt magic acting attitude Everything was okay, as long as I could dream . Its amazing, really, the difference between having a dream and not having any left that can come true. It's the difference between living and dying . Alicia Witt differences dream long I just tend to admire people who go for what they believe in, like David Lynch for example, and just say what goes through their heads, and are not afraid of people not accepting them. I have no respect for people who deliberately try to be weird to attract attention, but if that's who you honestly are, you shouldn't try to "normalize yourself". It's a fine line. Alicia Witt trying believe people You'll say I'm self-destructive I constructed all this tragedy. Go tell them all it's all my fault You'll tell them I was crazy . And anyway it's over now Nothing left to say. Alicia Witt crazy tragedy self In my fantasy I was always the savior. I would come to 'Peanuts' land and save everybody. Charlie Brown would fall madly in love with me. Peppermint Patty was so jealous. Alicia Witt jealous love fall All of those art-based fields are similar in that they're all hard to make a living in and they all require an intense amount of training and discipline. Alicia Witt training discipline art Pianos tend to get better as they age, the more you play them. They grow into their sound. Alicia Witt piano get-better play It occurred to me the other day that I've made out with more people on camera than I have in real life! Alicia Witt cameras real people John Waters has certainly gotten to a place in his life where he doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do. He's always been that way, but at this point, he's greatly respected for it. Alicia Witt want water way I was so happy that it filmed in New York not only because it's an amazing city, but also because a lot of people across the world somehow started to think about New York as a dangerous place to be and envisioned it as some war zone after that happened. Alicia Witt new-york war thinking You have to really concentrate on piano or acting. You can't do both. Alicia Witt piano acting I like to play any character that allows me the freedom to explore it and teach the audience something they didn't know, and show them a journey they identify with... or be inspired, or moved. Anything that touches someone's heart is important for me. Alicia Witt journey heart character Redheads get so stereotyped. You're either exotic and wild or totally Victorian. Alicia Witt victorian exotic I don't know that I'm actually bipolar, but I definitely have huge mood swings, and I'm definitely passionate about the way I feel. I'm not really lukewarm one way or the other. Alicia Witt bipolar swings passionate I went to national piano competitions and did that whole circuit. Then I played professionally to support myself when I moved out to LA. Alicia Witt piano competition support My so-called faith went up in flames Till I believed in all your lies, For the life of me I don't know why. They got you wrong , You're not that strong. I don't belong here! Alicia Witt flames strong lying On-screen relationships are the best because you don't have to worry about saying the wrong things. And if the guy's got a girlfriend, or I'm not attracted to him, it's even better. It's just my character kissing his character. Alicia Witt kissing girlfriend character I'd never been to a prom, I had never had the whole high school experience. I think I was kind of an anomaly. I don't think they knew where to put me. Alicia Witt experience school thinking I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer. Alicia Witt music writing song I don't feel special. I was just full of energy and loved to learn. Alicia Witt energy special feels
