Haley Bennett Quotes

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.

I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

The reason I always insisted on signing my work was not to be subordinate to anyone.

I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.

If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that.

You can now be a master of your own destiny. I'm not sure why you would sign up with a record label.

I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should be.

I don't like to deal with studios.

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.

There's a lot of creative freedom. Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.

Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.

I need to find a way of retaining creative control.

I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.

When you finish a series like 'Ugly Betty,' there are so many voices around you telling you what you should be doing next and what would be good for your future, sometimes you can't hear yourself. I've gotten pretty good at tuning everyone else out. Now it's just me; what pleases me creatively.

A lot of things encouraged me to start my label. I think it's very important for an artist to know how many records they've sold and where they've sold. I know that I have never been treated the way I'm supposed to be treated - like an artist. That's why I do things for myself. I feel like I'm a free man.

I have to believe that I know what's best for me. For instance, I choose all my songs. I never record anything I don't want to record. No one tells me what concerts to do.

With Crosby, Stills, and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young... we're very strong individuals, and we want our lives to be led the way we want them to.

I wanted to express myself. I wanted to be creative and I didn't want to worry about someone bossing me around in the process. You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going, so I'm like, working it honey!

If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.