I think the key to directing a great music video is in making sure the song is great, and if it is, then it becomes really fun.
I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.
To be honest, my usual makeup is the same as in my music video looks.
Whenever I'm writing a song, if I have an idea for the music video, that's how I know it's a good song.
A music video is so different to doing a movie.
Shooting a music video sometimes can be a job.
I wrote 'Wish U Were Here' for Cody Simpson, and he invited me to perform with him on tour and be in his music video. He was shy at first. I think it's the surfer boy in him that makes him so mellow.
I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
Acting in a music video is basically about lip syncing songs and giving expressions that represent what the song is about. While acting for the silver screen, you have to deliver dialogues, remember them, and you have to be in a certain frame of mind.
I was an extra in a Tia Carrere music video.
I was 10 years old when I first heard Ginuwine. I remember being at a friend's house, and the music video came on. I was just like, 'What is that?' I was just kind of drawn from there.
We were so fed up with how we had to be the stereotypical girl who looks perfect in the music video: she's coming out of the water in a bikini with her long tan legs. Not all of us are that girl.
I've always written the storyboards for the music videos, and it's been hard working with directors trying to get them to understand what I'm thinking.
Nobody is really going to bring my vision to life like the way that I am. Before I was doing my own music videos, it was not really my vision.
I think going on tour, having lots of songs and music videos would be super cool.
I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go.
When I do music videos, I like to do a take, then see how it looks, so I can correct it.
I think before, in the '80s, it was more about fashion and music videos and a lot of radio: getting out there and the fans learning who you were and your music.
I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.
I don't think music videos are as important as they used to be.
