Elle Fanning Quotes

That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something.

Acting is an art form. If you are not creating something that's unusual and informative and at least has the possibility of being illuminating, then you are not into it as an art form.

The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.

I want to do more theater, which allows you to take bigger risks and experiment.

You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual.

I think having a character piece is great. It will challenge you and be different.

Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

It's true with fashion, acting, anything: Make sure it's timeless, but at the same time, there's got to be a little hint of risk.

My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I think part of liberating them is saying, 'Come up with something brilliant, new, and fresh. Stop thinking based on what has been beat into you by executives or publishers in terms of what's going to work and what's not. Don't react, just act.'

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.

Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you.

There is no such thing as a wrong note.

Even if I play a similar role to one I've played before, I will never play it the same, I'll always try to do something different with it.

In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them.

No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.

There's no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist.

If you're always thinking about someone else's work, about the tradition you're working in, how can you possibly make anything good?