Alain Resnais Quotes

I like it when things come to me; I choose a movie if I know I need to be a part of it.

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

I still want to do features, but on my own terms.

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

I pretty much only write by default, because I want to make certain projects so instead of trying to wait and find them, I create them, but I'm not really a writer.

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

I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.

I feel, for the most part, especially in comedy, you make your own work, and maybe that's true across the board.

I'm an independent thinker and independent leader. I have been my whole life.

I never fought because of my father. I started to box before he pushed me. It had nothing to do with him.

I have always worked better alone and from my own impressions.

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

I didn't want to just be an artist and let someone else have all that control over me. I knew I would have to produce.

Nobody is pushing me. Nobody is telling me what I do.

I definitely prefer to write under my own volition and see what happens.

I will always make my own path.

Definitely, doing my solo stuff, it's fun in a different way. I get a lot more say. However, there's a lot more work to do because I have to make everything happen.

I've always wanted to keep my own personal creative space, and do everything myself.

Within the Universal deal, we've always felt like an independent act. We've never been told what to do. We've used their resources to our own design.

My music has always been my solo project.

You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.