David Koechner Quotes

For me, something that's been always really important to me, that's also really served me well in hindsight, is doing different things, trying to cross different genres, and dipping my toes into comedy and drama and action here and there. Fortunately, as I've been working, the industry has also changed where you're able to dip your toes into different mediums, where it's not just independent film and studio film, but now you've got TV, and you're able to do all these different things. For me, it's just a matter of continually pushing myself and challenging myself.

I never got tied down to any social scene. I was just into creating stuff. And I think, even today, that's how I'm able to work and move between so many different genres - I want to be part of what's happening, I want to make new things.

To experiment different kinds of roles always works well.

I'm open to trying multiple different types of styles.

All day long, I'm creative, and the second I get a little tired of any given medium, I just shut that area down and go to the next room. I just go do something else.

I like to write in all different genres. I just like a new challenge.

I really don't look at myself as just one thing. I'm kind of scattered and like to have my hands in a lot of different projects. It makes me who I am.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from 'Big Love' to romantic comedy, to period film... I can't sit still.

I like writing different types of music. I don't like being stuck into one thing.

I get bored doing one thing only. I've been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don't see why I won't continue on that path.

I like many different things you know so I'm probably going to experiment, and if I didn't I'd be a little bit strange and boring and stiff and kind of dead, and I'm very not that.

What's fun for me is to try new things and push myself and not get stuck in one genre or another, or stuck with one character or another.

I could never be like Hitchcock and do only one kind of movie. Anything that's good is worthwhile.

I like to do new things, so I always take on roles that I feel will keep me on my toes. I never want to pigeon myself, so I always like to surprise myself. I believe in versatility and so I would play anything as long as it was a challenge.

I don't want to limit myself as a writer. Tastes change, and I want to keep my eye on the future.

I've always strived to keep mixing it up, keep doing different things, and work in all different parts of our business.

I just like being versatile, giving new styles and being creative.

I love changing my roles. I think the most important thing that I can do for myself is to keep changing the genres, the periods, the characters themselves.

It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can.

I try not to stick to any one thing, you know. That's always been important to me.

I'm big on showing people versatility. I'm constantly trying to push myself to break barriers and the idea that we have to stay in one lane.

I can't sit still for long and need creative outlets and think you should try different things. I mean, if you're a musician all of your life, you gotta try different things. I really believe you can have it all.

I have a variety of styles. I don't stick to one particular style.

I realise that I'm a bit of a dabbler but it's nice to do stuff that's different.