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One of the most surprising forms of nonverbal communication is the way we automatically adjust the amount of time we spend looking into another's eyes as a function of our relative social position.

Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.

Verbal and nonverbal activity is a unified whole, and theory and methodology should be organized or created to treat it as such.

Scientists attach great importance to the human capacity for spoken language. But we also have a parallel track of nonverbal communication, which may reveal more than our carefully chosen words, and sometimes be at odds with them.

What satisfies me most are those nonverbal moments with players, when I sense them thinking and responding. And I think, 'Wow, this is amazing.' Hollywood gives us the money to do this. I want to be grateful for that, and I also don't want to waste it.

When you have a nonverbal conversation with a total stranger, then he can't cover himself with words, he can't create a wall.

The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time.

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.

I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.

There are a lot of actors out there who are able to engage with something in themselves which isn't necessarily their brain. But personally I find it very intellectually satisfying: doing your research and then burrowing as deeply into character as you can. I'm a naturally inquisitive person, too, and acting does feed into that.