Eugene Simon Quotes

I want to be able to still surprise myself, even shock myself, whether it be sexual content, whether it be about the theological content, whatever. I want to be able to knock myself sideways. Otherwise, what a waste of a life that would be.

My greatest desire as an actor is to keep people guessing and not do anything close to what I did last time.

I'm not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn't be bad but that's not the aim. I'm just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I've not been before.

Creatively I just enjoy challenging myself in different genres.

I don't want to pigeonhole myself in one character or genre. I want to challenge myself as much as I can.

As an actor, that's what you want. You want variety. I want to try things that I'm not used to and push my own envelope and see what I'm capable of.

Being an actor gives you a chance to play all kinds of roles, very moving and dramatic on one project, silly and girlish on another. That's the most interesting thing out this business, you get to keep reinventing yourself.

I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.

I want to try everything I can; I want to push my boundaries and experiment with characters and genres that I have yet to try.

I actually was rebelling as all young adults tend to do at or around the age of 19, to experiment with their lives and have fun.

The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.

For some reason, I like to put myself in situations where I don't even know how I ended up there. I never want to be complacent or comfortable in a role.

I do tend to apply myself to projects that make me uncomfortable because usually when that happens I try to find a way of existing in the project that is more creative.

I'm not this big Hollywood mainstream actress, but who cares? I think I just have a certain sensibility for smaller projects. I like intimate things. I think I do well in that kind of environment. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't love to do bigger projects. I feel everyone has their own journey.

Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.

I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited.

That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.

I'm at the age where I just want to experiment. You know, play a crime investigator one week, a pregnant girl one week, an angel of darkness another week. I don't want to define myself by any category, or age, or role.

Any characters that make me think, 'I don't know if I can do this,' are the ones I most want to do. I don't want to do the same thing over and over.

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

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.

I don't like to limit myself as an actress.

Lot of people liked me in 'Manorama Six feet Under,' 'Oye Lucky Lucky Oye,' 'Dev D' and 'Shanghai' and the only common thing in all these films is that when we were making them we never thought they would work. The ones that did not work were safe films.

I want to try everything. I don't want to limit myself to anything. I want to discover as many characters as I can. I just want to explore.