Dennis Muren Quotes

I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it!

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

I feel it would be a huge mistake for 'Vogue' always to be completely tasteful, completely perfect. I think it's very important for us to also rock the boat.

The thing I'm most proud of about - not all of our movies, but a lot of our movies - is that you might love 'em, you might hate 'em, but most of the time, they're trying to be different or trying new things, which I think is really important.

What's on the edge? What's next? That's where I think I do my best work - if I push my whole team to the edge.

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected.

In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.

I like taking up challenges. I prefer working with scripts that are different and veer from the tried and tested. So far, it's always worked.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

To be an original is probably the hardest quality to find if you're a young filmmaker.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.

Originality is dangerous.

Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards.

You've got to be picky in this business - if you're not, then I don't think you have the option of longevity. You've got to be choosy and try and do something that's outside of the box and dangerous. I love doing stuff that excites me, gives me that adrenalin rush.

I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make.

If you want to be in the world I live in, which is a creative world with new ideas, then you've got to get away from the norm. You've got to go for it.