“With 'Lonely Thug,' I constructed a fantasy character who was very mas...” — Arca Quote

“With 'Lonely Thug,' I constructed a fantasy character who was very masculine and strong and almost threatening, but his demeanor belied some complication.”

“I always make a point to make my records different. Let's say I have a record that's influenced by hip-hop in an abstract way; for the next record, I'd try not to do that. They are all connected in a personal way but it's important not to repeat myself, because then I can always learn something about myself through my work.”

“Making music is an inward and outward gesture at once. I make it because I'm communing with a side of myself that might help me look people in the eye. But at the same time, I'm reaching out, in a way.”

“That's been a huge recurring thing in growing up - allowing two things to exist in the same space even though, instinctively, they might not be designated to.”

“I knew from a very, very early age that I was gay, although in the social environment in Venezuela, you don't ever let that be known.”

“It's impossible to exorcise the darkness out of you. We can pretend it's not there until something bursts.”

“I am pleased for Poland as a country, that new motorways are being constructed, new businesses, new stadiums.”

“There's a movie called 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age,' where I'm playing the King of Spain. It's a small role, but it's really, really interesting, the way I constructed it.”

“What I believe to be jazz is constructed and improvised music which is in the air right now. But I don't think that's most people's definition of jazz, you know? We don't know what we're talking about, because we don't know the definition.”

“Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful.”

“If you know how to shoot a scene, then you know how to shoot an action scene. If you've seen an action movie, and you watched it, and you paid attention to how scenes are constructed and where the camera is and how the camera moves, then you know how to do it.”

“Mohan Raja is an interesting filmmaker. He is constantly, if I may use the word, contradicting himself. He explains a scene, and then he will try to break that and rebuild it. That, to me, is filmmaking. Every scene is constructed after a lot of discussions.”