Karen Gillan Quotes

Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

I'd much rather do one or two takes of one thing and then see how it goes.

There's never anything planned. I just do what I feel is best for the song at that time.

I never choose a genre over quality. I never think, 'I want to do that,' and sacrifice the fact it might not be very good.

I have a personality type, but it's not like I'm like, 'Oh yeah, short and brunette. That's what I like. All the time.'

Music needs room to breathe.

Shooting should not be about delivering something I've prepared; it should be a live process of finding things out. When things happen that you haven't planned, that's when the film comes alive.

I don't put my nose up at anything if the material is good.

I think that the more comfortable and the more you rehearse - granted, I don't like to take the air out of a tire; there is a fine line - but I think the freer you are with your dialogue, for example, the more open you are to a good idea walking up to you.

I actually found not having a routine was inspiration.

My style is that I have no style.

I don't really plan too much ahead when I write, because otherwise, I get kind of bored.

I wing my style. I think it's definitely something on how you feel, the weather, that plays a part.

We're really lucky because we have a portable studio, which enables us to work wherever we like. There is some extra work involved in setting everything up, but you can find a lot of magic and inspiration in being free to go somewhere completely different.

I'm versatile, so however the beat makes me go on it, that's just what it do.

I am not a person who plans things in advance.

We never came into the business with a plan beyond the next three months. It's all been a natural thing for us to go off and travel and then maybe record an album.

Most of the time, I don't like planning out too far ahead. I like to be spontaneous, make decisions, and go, 'Hey! That inspired me! I want to do more with that!'

I work instinctively. If I like something, I do it.

I write my scripts on a whim, without worrying about plot points and graphs.

I just sit down and write the best song for the best moment, and however it comes out, it is what it is.

I don't believe in closed scripts; I think that they should be open.

I like to leave things open, and even when I write out the story ahead of time, it always changes. I don't think I would finish anything if I was sticking to a plan that was very rigid.

Something that comics afford me is being able to change my mind at the last minute.

I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. I'm just writing songs that I like, and that's where I've always come from.