Peter Kay Quotes

I don't want to put out something I'm not psyched on just because I finished it. That's the stupidest reason to do something, really. I want it to be up to my standards. I don't want to put out something I wouldn't listen to.

I never choose a genre over quality. I never think, 'I want to do that,' and sacrifice the fact it might not be very good.

Always put out content that you are 100% happy with.

Commit yourself to quality from day one... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

I would never knowingly go into a film that I wouldn't pay to see, or something that didn't challenge me.

I'd rather not make films than make bad ones.

I don't ever want to have a weak episode of television with my name on it.

I've worked with very few directors who've asked of me what I asked of myself.

I like TV. It all depends what it is.

I'm high maintenance, but I'm worth it.

I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that I'm not happy with.

I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.

I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.

My feeling is, I do a lot of low-budget films. I don't do low-budget acting. I have no interest in just goofballing my way through, thinking, 'Ah, no one's ever going to see this anyway.'

If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result of an editorial situation - then I need to stop doing it. I would rather not do something than do it badly or ineffectively. It's the only way I can live with myself and do right by the fans in the long haul.

Just as good books give me the joys of being alive, bad novels depress me, and as I notice this sentiment coming from the pages, I stop. I also do not hesitate to walk out of a movie house if the film is bad.

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right.

I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.

Build to a standard, not a price.

I wouldn't put out anything that I didn't want to ride to.

I know everyone says attention spans are shorter now, and if you can't get them in the first 20 seconds, you lost them. But I honestly believe if you give someone something worth slowing down to really pay attention to, they will.

I don't have many rules, but one of them is, 'Do not make a movie you yourself would not want to see.'

I'm very selective about television because you sign away so much of your life to it.

If you know anything about me and my history, you know I'm very particular about my projects.

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?