Gillian Jacobs Quotes

I love being with artists because I'm always open to getting into something.

If I like a make-up artist's look, even if nobody knows about her, I use her. New people give me energy.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

There are so many ideas that I have in my mind, of projects that I would love to tackle, people I would love to work with, genres I would love to experiment with, and sounds that don't fit any of my previous projects that I need to find a home for.

My absolutely favorite time of working on a project is the time I spend not knowing what it is. Because the longer you live inside that period, the likelier you are to discover something new.

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.'

I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect.

You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

Honestly, as a director, at least for me, if I start doing the same thing over and over again, I'm going to get bored really quickly.

Sometimes you work with somebody you've never heard of because you just feel like working.

I'm experimental by nature... always exploring my creativity.

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

The best thing for an actor is to try it his way. The way they do it may not work, but it may inspire me to try something else.

If you capture the first thought that you have when you're creating, and then play that to people, it's kind of like the listeners are part of that beginning. And that's the most exciting part.

I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing; I don't know if it's any good. I don't know if it's anything. It's a big question mark. The idea is to have interesting results. That's my bottom line.

Art doesn't just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things.

I think if you speak to any creative person, there's something so powerful - so intoxicating, if you will - about discovering another voice, another instrument, another way of looking at things, another way of perceiving things.

The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every way. Without that, I don't know if I'd be a writer.

I think if you don't risk something in art, it's not really important.

I like working with creative people who are receptive to new ideas, who want to do things that are different, who want to create films of a different mould.

What I like is finding new angles on genres.

I try every day to do something that I've never done before or make some sound that I've never made before.

Especially with Fantomas, i'm just trying to stretch out what the band can do. Figuring out, really, on the job or on recordings, what I can or can't get away with.

I remember on my very first film, which Steven Soderberg executive-produced, he said, 'Try not to repeat yourself. Do things that scare you.' Even if it's a challenge, I want people to say that this guy tried this thing. Hopefully he learned from it.