Marshall Brickman Quotes

I sang in the coffee houses of the country in the early '60s with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I didn't even think of myself as a singer.

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.

An artist is maybe not always having a normal life.

My mother and father raised their eyebrows at first when I said I wanted to be an actor because I was in this industrial city. My dad had done a bit of boxing on the side, but he was a welder first and foremost. I was 17, and I said, 'I want to be an actor.' They worried it was a waste of time.

Every movie that I've picked, from my first film on, has been considered by everyone to be 'career suicide.' And I have an amazing life. I have an amazing career. I work with artists. But I'm not making 'Spider-Man.'

I think I always had an unconventional career because I didn't fit the mould of the conventional heroine.

My life hasn't been the norm. The most interesting parts are before I got into show business.

I changed the course of my life, from the rigidity of mathematics and the corporate rhythm to a more bohemian world.

I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers.

I've never been a career builder. I didn't go to drama school and hardly went to any school at all.

All I ever thought was, 'I'm going to do this as long as I can, and if I can't get paid at it, I'll be a bum doing it.' And so, here I am.

I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances.

I've crafted a really weird career for myself.

My chief identity, to my mind, was not 'writer' but 'college dropout.'

I never wanted to go to drama school. I thought that was too many eggs in one basket.

Over the years, I have worked professionally as a musician, photographer, and writer. I've been able to earn my living in other ways, but I always knew I'd come back to acting.

My career may look bizarre to some, but I have very strong reasons for doing every single job I've done.

It never dawned on me that I had the option of becoming a comedian. I come from a little dirt street town in northwest Texas, and they really don't talk about the arts there much on career day.

I financed and made my own films from the start. My path has been autonomous and independent, so I don't have any horror stories about glass ceilings and expectations and tense studio meetings.

When I was first getting out of college, Mom said, 'You ought to become a squatter.' I'm like, 'Forget it!'

I was termed 'choosy' because when an actor decides to go against the wind and takes on only non-formula films, he is not left with much choice.

The reason immigrants come to America is to provide their kids with opportunities, but when they say 'opportunity,' they mean a prestigious job and career. When I had the epiphany that I could do music and sustain myself, they were like, 'OK, son, we need to talk to you.'

I've always had lots of side projects in my life, but what's exciting for me is knowing that Adrenaline Mob is bigger than that.

My career has been far from cliched. I have always done unconventional roles and I am proud of all of them.

My parents thought I was crazy. When I graduated, you didn't hear of basketball players going to Japan. Everyone went to Europe somewhere.