Takeshi Kitano Quotes

I'm just this committed dilettante. I think what I've found is that I've tried to do a lot of different things in my life and discovered I'm not as good at them as I'd want to be.

My purist comedy friends accuse me of being a Jack of all trades and master of none.

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

I like to dabble in a lot of things.

I have often felt bad that I am not great at any one thing. Like just a super super singer. Or the Gregory Hines of something.

It's fun to branch out a bit. I feel like I've held a lot of tricks up my sleeve for a lot of years, and 'Ex-Girlfriends' is a good way to show another side of me.

I've always dipped my finger in so many things.

I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing four or five different things. I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

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 feel like if you can do multiple things, you shouldn't shy away from them.

I know I'm in a 'jack of all, master of none' situation, but I like it that way.

I like not to be good at anything, so I keep hopping around.

Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.

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 think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.

Our culture has kind of let the concept of the Renaissance Man die out. We don't really tell the kids that it's okay to bounce around the world, work odd jobs, and do six different things.

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 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 don't see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.

But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things.

Being multi-disciplined is always a good thing.

If I did only one thing at a time I'd think I was wasting my time. If, for example, I only wrote novels I would feel like a charlatan and a fraud.

Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?

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.