In this post, you will find great Mood Quotes from famous people, such as J. J. Watt, Nina Dobrev, Suki Waterhouse, Martin Seligman, Jenna Ushkowitz. You can learn and implement many lessons from these quotes.
I have a playlist for every mood.
In the years that I have been an actress, I have told the story of my life many times, and I get tired of it, so sometimes I change it a little. That is, I change the mood. If I am feeling sad, then I remember to tell only the sad things. If I am feeling happy, then I can remember only to tell all the good things.
The beautiful thing about ‘The Strain Trilogy‘ is the ability to move from gore to high fable to creeping dread to domestic drama to unbearable suspense to the uncanny and on and on. The epic journey is designed to support these swings in mood, and that complements my tastes, which are wide-ranging.
I like making jokes and setting the mood in the locker room. That’s important when you know that you spend a lot of time together. It makes everyday life more fun and enjoyable.
As actors we are often seen well-dressed and well-behaved in the public eye but we are humans at the end of the day. Like anyone else we also get angry, upset, frustrated, get mood swings. We are loving, caring too.
Diversity definitely makes the best wardrobe – you want to look in and see a range so you can always dress for your mood.
Lighting is everything. It creates mood and has an emotional effect on you.
Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood.
I am sometimes asked to name my favourite books. The list changes, depending on my mood, the year, tricks played by memory. I might mention novels by Nabokov and Calvino and Tolkien on one occasion, by Fitzgerald and Baldwin and E.B. White on another. Camus often features, as do Tolstoy, Borges, Morrison and Manto.
Food can change your mood. It’s almost like music a little bit, you know? It can break a fight. It could calm a child down. It could do so many things, and that’s what I love.
It’s very joyful to be in a productive, creative mood, but I find a lot of joy in learning and being told stories.
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
I’ve only ever played ‘God of War’ while we were shooting it. I’ve seen a lot of the videos, but while we were shooting ‘God of War,’ they had a green room for the actors to hang out in, and they always had the newest game on the big screen. So we’d sit there playing ‘God of War’ to get us into the mood.
I think crafting a new, effective horror movie is not just about when night falls and things get scary. It’s about setting a tone and mood that permeates throughout the entire movie. So even during the daytime, things are never quite safe-feeling.
Some credit is due to Trump for seizing the anti establishment mood of the country, but most of his success can be attributed to pure luck.
I have always loved music and singing, and I am open to listen to any type of music. Regardless of my mood, my heart is always set racing when I listen to opera. When I decide which music I want to hear, my choice is almost invariably an opera recording.
There was plenty of dysfunction in my family and I went to Catholic School with these psychotic nuns. I would always try to be funny to lighten the mood.
I’m just grateful I get to play football every single day of my life. So I’m never really in a bad mood.
I’m always gonna be smiling. I’m always gonna be in a good mood.
Clothes can transform your mood and confidence.
As social animals, we are extremely susceptible to the moods of other people. This gives us the power to subtly infuse into people the appropriate mood for influencing them.
It only takes me about four days to write an album. It don’t take that long. I just gotta have the feeling. If I don’t have the feeling, it’s a different story. I gotta be in the mood.
Psychologically it gets challenging at times to switch into a female character. But the moment I get into the look of Palak, I automatically get into the mood of her. My wife and parents have no problem with it. My wife has only told me not to enter the house in the Palak get-up after the shoot.
When you work on animation, the music has a great task: to create a sound and melodies and mood and atmosphere and energy dedicated to these extraordinary characters.
I do believe that if we have information about your emotional experiences, we can help you be in a more positive mood and influence your wellness.
Music is sunshine. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.
Fashion is a huge part of music and of who you are. It really sets the mood for a show, and it’s fun to play around with it. You can get really creative in photo shoots as well. You know, just having fun with it.
Whether it’s Memorial Day or any other holiday, music has the power to set any mood and build long-lasting memories.
We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with loneliness also have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, dementia, depression, and anxiety. Loneliness is also associated with a shorter lifespan.
My mood depends heavily on what happens to me right after I get up.
Bipolar indicates that you’re not – you don’t just experience depression, but the mood swing goes up, and it can go very up.
I like to be creative with my red carpet outfits, but equally, sometimes I am just in the mood to go all out with a ball gown and heels – but only If you get me on the right day!
‘Mud‘ was a depository for a little more nostalgia and just a different kind of feeling, a different kind of mood. Something that’s not so dark. Something that does actually have a happy ending and is a little more hopeful.
Under the leaden sway of Alexander III’s government, the silence of the graveyard prevailed. Russian society, equally discouraged by the collapse of all hopes for peaceful reforms and by the apparent ineffectiveness of the revolutionary movement, was in the grip of a mood of depression and resignation.
You sort of sense the mood of the audience and it means a lot. And when you look back on those times, it means so much because, after all, that’s all you have.
If I’m in a rotten mood, I stay in and watch television.
If I’m in a bad mood, or if I’m uncomfortable, it’s probably what I’m wearing that’s making me feel that way.
Whenever I feel in the mood, I’ll grab a Twix or even bake some brownies.
We use music, cinematic storytelling and very stylized backgrounds to create mood and atmosphere as ‘Samurai Jack’ travels an exotic landscape. The environment is a major character in each show.
I’m confident that the wrong cinematographer on a project can very much derail the mood and the feeling on set when you’re trying to create a bubble of trust, effectively.
I was in a lecture about concussions and of the 10 symptoms the guy mentioned, I had eight. The symptoms would be, for example, mood swings, getting angry very fast, forgetting some things, having difficulty sleeping.
‘The Chill,’ by Jason Starr and Mick Bertilorenzi, was both a wise and nervy choice to start the year: Starr’s standalone novels, such as ‘Hard Feelings’ and ‘The Follower,’ sustain a mood not unlike the perpetual unscratchable itch on one’s back, and go Highsmith-level deep into the sociopathic mind.
For a coach to be able to help you, they need to get to know you well. They need to see what’s happening – that you are not in the mood to talk, or something like this. It is very hard to find the right person.
I definitely dress based on my mood.
All behavioral or mood disorders – including depression, OCD, ADHD and addiction – have some neurochemical components, but sufferers can still work to overcome them.
I love the Weather Channel because my mood changes a lot according to the weather!
My music puts people in a dreamy mood. It’s edgy. It’s nuanced. I get annoyed when people say it’s R&B because it’s not that simple. I call it futuristic soul.
As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me.
Lighting is an essential way to change the mood of a room, especially if you can use dimmers.
I’m never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I’m just too nerved out.
When I get in a bad mood about anything, I realize, ‘Hey, I’m still working. It could always be a lot worse.’
I read a lot of true-crime books, but sometimes they can put you in a bad mood.
I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It’s a discipline. So that’s definitely different. It’s part of maturing as a person and as a professional.
One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.
Don’t force yourself to write. Some people can write a novel in a few months, whereas for others it can take over a year. I’m lucky to be one of the former – but, even so, if I’m not in the mood to write, I won’t. I’ll go off, do something else and come back to it when I’m ready.
A balanced diet and physical activity are vital to academic performance. A healthy diet has a direct link to increased cognitive function and memory skills, decreased absenteeism from school, and improved mood. These advantages can help students stay focused and complete their coursework.
I’ve always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I’ve never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from ‘Big Love’ to romantic comedy, to period film… I can’t sit still.
When we’re on set, we kind of joke around, and when we’re rehearsing, we change up the scenes and make each other laugh. We lighten up the mood. The blooper reel is going to be amazing on ‘New Moon.’
What’s important is that people realize that I can’t be put into a box musically. I’ve studied all forms of music; I know probably more Jay-Z songs than the biggest Jay-Z fan. I’ve studied R. Kelly to the Isley Brothers to Stevie Wonder to Sting and Sade. You don’t have one personality every day. You don’t have one mood.
I wrote three novels in six months, with a clarity of focus and attention to detail that I had never before experienced. This type of sublime creative energy is characteristic of the elevated and productive mood state known as hypomania.
I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It’s tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time.
You know sometimes when you’re in a really bad mood and you’re not sure why? That’s how I get sometimes.
I absolutely love music. Music is so powerful and can set the tone and change your mood.
One Long Year was just a song here and there, and it was meant to reflect the mood that I was in but unfortunately it also reflected too little of any particular thing rather than hanging together as a whole album.
Before marriage, I was a very shy person with mood swings. But, now I can balance that and have become a better and stronger person.
I think you just have to be comfortable in your own skin, and when I do stand-up or the show I’m in a really good mood.
Even writing verses from my first album, there were songs that I didn’t use because I just felt that they weren’t really for me. But I think that happens naturally when you write songs. You’re in a different mood in every session. There’s so many songs out there that could potentially be used by other artists.
When I have to be in public, I can’t be in a bad mood.
I love kids. I just love kids. They put you in a good mood and they are so full of life.
I hate to work out. I get in a bad mood when I have to do it!
I’m very finicky about when I’m in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything.
Sometimes you listen to a piece of music that inspires a collection. You listen to the music, which creates the mood, which creates the clothes.
The thing with pretending you’re in a good mood is that sometimes you can.
I always like a good song: puts me in a good mood.
I often write songs, and when I do, I usually write quite a few of them. I really have to be in the mood.
My wife says that I become different once I start to work with animals. My movements become different, my mood is different. It involves letting everything fall behind you, becoming intuitive in your dealings with wild creatures in a way that bypasses reason. Sometimes it’s more like a dance than anything else.
When I was working on a Victorian-era novel, to get in the mood, I read several historical novels set in approximately the same period and place, and really enjoyed the detective novels of John Dickson Carr.
I don’t listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself – kind of like adding a soundtrack to help shape mood.
We’ve always known that music is good for improving your mood.
I watch the goals to get me in the mood and to give myself a vision of how I want the game to go.
I have a visual sense for the music. It has to stay true to a certain sense of period. I rely on a sense of colors and mood in my approach to the arrangement.
I’m a sucker for quotes and cheesy rom-coms. I have quotes all around my house, and I’m always in the mood for a rom-com. Always.
Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a happier mood and provide a positive pathway through life’s daily frustrations.
I start with a mood or an idea that comes from a personal place emotionally, and the narrative concepts come much later.
Every time you feel depressed about something, try to identify a corresponding negative thought you had just prior to and during the depression. Because these thoughts have actually created your bad mood, by learning to restructure them, you can change your mood.
Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don’t know if you’re getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they’re in.
Obama ran as sane and decent, as though we were electing a mood, and not necessarily a set of policies. Unfortunately, Obama has governed the same way – and misread the mood, which is all there is, really, because being crazy and stupid is all we’re really good at politically any more.
That terrible mood of depression of whether it’s any good or not is what is known as The Artist’s Reward.
My stepfather was quite into opera, but he’d play it when he was in a bad mood, so you’d hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you’d feel nervous.
I actually think that self-expression comes, sometimes, from what you wear, and having the freedom to be able to wear whatever you want for whatever mood you want to wear it, but to not feel frivolous that all of those things that help you self-express have to be things that you’re committing to forever.
Most of the conversation about how geopolitics is changing in the 21st century focuses on the shift from west to east and on how we’re moving from the bipolar power equation of the Cold War to a new bipolar relationship, that of the U.S. and China, that determines the mood music for everyone else.
I’m not a depressive, but I certainly have mood swings. It’s an occupational hazard, I would say, and I’m glad I’m in the occupation I’m in.
One of the most important things that a Thatcher government did was change the mood of the nation to give it back its confidence.
I believe that any art communicates what you’re in the mood to receive.
My approach to beauty is all about moods. If you want to feel sexy, if you want to feel feminine or, I don’t know, boyish – it’s all about how you feel at that point in time. My mood changes.
A cute outfit can really make your day. If I wear something I look good in, my mood just goes way up.
I love rock music, dance music, so it depends on my mood. But I mainly listen to dance music before going out on court.
When you’re around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you’re supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.
If anything, I’m constantly trying to figure out how to look chic with the minimal effort required because I’m constantly packing. My off-duty style is always influenced by my mood.
I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.
When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb.
I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I’m in a good mood, but I don’t really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year.
There was a scene in ‘Qubool Hai’ where Asad shoots his father. After shooting for it, I was drained completely. At times, my character’s mood gets very depressing. Post shoot, it takes a good half hour to get out of character, to leave Asad behind.
Taking time to contemplate what you’re grateful for isn’t merely the ‘right’ thing to do. It also improves your mood because it reduces the stress hormone cortisol by 23%.
Right from the jump, I knew ‘Mood’ was gonna be huge because I’d never had a song debut so strong.
While a large segment of the art world has obsessed over a tiny number of stars and their prices, an aesthetic shift has been occurring. It’s not a movement – movements are more sure of themselves. It’s a change of mood or expectation, a desire for art to be more than showy effects, big numbers, and gamesmanship.
I can rock out anything. I mean, I can rock out a little ‘Time After Time’. I can do a little ‘Grease Lightning‘. It depends on the mood, but we do go karaoke, my friends and I in Los Angeles, and it’s a lot of fun.
Wear what you feel comfortable in and what suits your mood.
The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn’t matter what mood you’re in or what kind of a year you’ve had – it’s a fresh start.
Writing a song is about inhabiting a specific frame of mind and conjuring a mood, a character, an entire vision.
When trust improves, the mood improves.
Listening to ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ always puts me in a good mood.
With ‘Game of Thrones,’ the most dominant instrument would definitely be the cello. That’s something I just felt really captured the mood of the show very well.
My mum and dad have always enjoyed life, and it’s something that’s been instilled in me. I wake up in a good mood most mornings.
When I’m in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.
I kind of see clothes a bit like role-playing, depending what mood I’m in.
Some days I can’t get an idea, and I think, ‘Man, I’m just washed up,’ but it’s just a mood.
I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I’m in charge.
Style to me is a mix between rock star chic-quirky-sexy and expressive. I always dress for my body type, as it’s important to highlight your pluses! I like edgy clothes that have character. I usually dress by the mood I’m in – so if I’m in my ripped jeans and leather jacket, you know I’m feeling rebellious!
We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn’t have any problem with them. They started it.
I like to be comfortable, and don’t like to be cold, and I don’t like to wear anything I’m not in the mood for.
Even though we don’t always realize it, as the day goes on, we have increased difficulty exerting self-control and focusing on our work. As self-control wears out, we feel tired and find tasks to be more difficult, and our mood sours.
I look at performance clothes as setting the mood for the whole show.
My style mantra has been about expressing my mood for the day and it changes through the day.
I just like to bring energy. I always try to create a moment. Memories are important to me, and I like my look to go with the mood or the moment.
The original title for ‘In the Mood for Love’ was called ‘A Story About Food.’ The idea was to tell a love story through different courses.
I’m not good at dressing up fancy; I always just do my thing, which is whatever I’m in the mood for.
I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things – the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.
My mood depends on how I treat my toothbrushes. Being a skipper is a strenuous job, and when you are going through a rough phase, obviously you start taking out your frustration. You can’t take it out on anyone: you can’t take it out on your teammates or your wife. The only person that is left is your toothbrush.
I’m all for information diets, which are helpful for the mood and for the art.
There’s nothing that helps clear my mind and improve my mood more than sweating in a room with my friends to some amazing new music and feeling stronger and taller every time I walk out. It’s truly incredible. I’m addicted. And the results aren’t half bad, either.
Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it’s only in a lighter mood… she just jokes.
I don’t have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me… even when I am not in my best mood.
Some days I’m in a good mood and sometimes I’m bad.
Blending tracks and weaving and manipulating prerecorded music to create this mood, some people do it much better than others.
It depends on my mood but classical music is what I am drawn towards. I also listen to Sufi music and bhajans too.
I act like I’m always in a good mood when I’m not, but it’s my job.
When you’re in a band you can stay a teenager for years; my mood was determined by what number we were in the charts.
My wife is the sweetest, most even-keeled person ever. A mood swing to her is like, ‘Oh, I’m uncomfortable.’
The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to do with the matter.
Children are extremely perceptive and absorb what goes on around them long before they can talk or even comprehend language. They are like finely tuned receivers that pick up much more than is merely said. They are receptive and attuned to every mood, feeling, and change that goes on in people around them.
The first thing that inspires me is my mood, but I take inspiration from a lot of things: a rock song, a romantic movie or a specific lifestyle, like 1960s London and, of course, Italian ‘dolce vita!’
It’s always different for whatever the scene asks for but usually, I listen to music before the scene just to get into the mood, mellow myself out and really put myself into the character’s shoes. I zone out from everything going on around me and just focus on what I have to do. From there, I just let it happen.
And for some reason, when I’m sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find myself going to the music that’s actually reflecting my mood, as opposed to sticking on Motown, which might actually bring my mood up.
Every day, I bring out something new. You got to be prepared – you got to have a few outfits laying out for when you wake up, in case you want to change, to set the mood.
I’m a Gemini, so my mood always changes – one minute I’m dance-dancey, the next I’m in the corner minding my own business.
To understand me, you have to meet me and be around me. And then only if I’m in a good mood – don’t meet me in a bad mood.
The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor’s work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.
Well, I think it’s important to have some kind of a narrative engine that pushes the audience through the landscape. But I love films like ‘Apocalypse Now,’ which is a very mood driven film. It’s a magnetic force that’s pulling them through.
Nature is in austere mood, even terrifying, withal majestically beautiful.
At home, he’s a 100-percent softie; that’s who he is. I just blew his cover. When Howard has a really stressful day at work or he feels overwhelmed, it’s funny, I point to the foster room. After 30 seconds of being there with these baby kittens or these special needs cats, it just changes your whole mood.
There’s more energy-saving innovations in lighting. Smartphone and various devices hooked into the home can control the lights and mood.
I am glad to see the people grooving to and loving the Punjabi tunes. I also personally feel that Punjabi songs have a different vibe and energy, which helps in lifting one’s mood completely.
I think beauty shows exteriorly what you are feeling inside; so if you are not in a great mood, it shows on your face a lot.
One thing that feeds into the way you experience the social world is your mood – and one thing that affects your mood is the weather.
I try to read the audience, see what they’re in the mood for.
I’m into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment – like music, literature, and art.
I was sitting alone in a grim mood – furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me – from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign – please send the bills to me… It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.
Exercise always makes you feel happy, it lifts your mood and gives you energy.
When I wake up, I put on what I’m in the mood to wear.
I hate my picture being taken. A photograph by definition captures one mood. And I have a million facets to my personality; I never use just one. That’s why I like TV more.
When we make a comedy film, its important to have a light atmosphere on the sets so that the mood reflects in the film.
Style is an expression of your individuality. Who you are and what your mood is, is what you wear.
I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don’t have that problem any more.
Style to me is a mix between rock star chic-quirky-sexy and expressive. I always dress for my body type, as it’s important to highlight your pluses! I like edgy clothes that have character. I usually dress by the mood I’m in – so if I’m in my ripped jeans and leather jacket, you know I’m feeling rebellious!
Terrorism and the refugee crisis have changed the political mood in the West and brought the extreme right to prominence there.
An actor doesn’t change thought, theme, or mood unless the character does, and the character only does it within the words of the play.
But instead, Democrats are so bent on seeing Republicans as a bunch of angry, right wing, intolerant, unreliable extremists that they have a track record of missing the mood of the country, especially the sentiment of people who don’t wake up to ‘The New York Times.’
To count as transformative, a president needs to synthesize the moment and mood of the country.
Often, women as little girls are sent off on a track for them to live a perfect life and be a perfect woman. Not for boys, who can be themselves with their mood and their temper.
Addiction isn’t about substance – you aren’t addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.
Punjabi songs are fun. They help to cheer up the environment and the mood.
I’m a bit of a Fleetwood Mac girl. I also think you can’t beat a bit of old school Girls Aloud to get in the mood for going out.
The enemies of acting are mood and attitude and other general homogenized disruptive entities. Whereas acting is about action – doing – and unless you can figure out a way to craft in an imaginative reality to which you don’t submit, you’re going to be out of control. You’ll flip out. The job is to be surprised.
When you’re scoring music for a film, it has to be interwoven with the narrative, it has to reflect the mood, the ethos.
If I bring anything to the Coen Brothers’ films, it’s my ability to change tack and create a different mood from film to film.
If feminism was a dress, it would be that essential little black number, reached for in times of need; different for everyone but a steady constant in a woman’s life. Outspoken or understated, demure or provocative, worn to reflect the mood, the personality, the time.
I’m embarrassed that people will know that I can’t ride a bicycle. For years, I have been feigning bad ankles and saying I wasn’t in the mood for a bike ride.
