Jurnee Smollett Quotes

I came to the industry with wide eyes and an open heart thinking I was going to make a few films that really meant something that I could pour myself into.

I've been around the music business for a long time now, and I've had a lot of chances to do movies. But I didn't really want to do any until I found stuff that started to hit me in the right place.

The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.

Writing changed my life. It has an existential dimension, and that's the same for every writer. Every artist has a moment of awakening, of happening upon an idea that grabs hold of you, regardless of whether you are a painter or a writer.

I never struggled with trying to figure out what it was I wanted to do or what made the sparks go for me.

I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.

My very first movie, 'Mary Poppins,' which I talk about, it just turned me into an obsessive, creative creature who had to sort of reply to the experience by drawing things, making things. It was like it forced - it made me into this obsessive, creative creature... I don't know any other way of putting it.

I want to feel creative when I'm working. I don't want to just work for the sake of working.

I can do a film only if it excites me as an actor.

It's been a surreal journey for me since 'Masaan.' The way the industry has accepted me and motivated me has been amazing.

As someone whose music is connected to his personal growth, I feel an obligation to follow this muse wherever it leads.

I always look for inspiration, and the creativity of artists is an essential element to my life, my work, and my happiness.

When you're amongst people doing well it's so gratifying and spurs you to just keep investing in your job.

I am tired of starring in those films where I am being a part just for the sake of it.

I want to be a part of films that elate me and resonate with me.

Whenever I think I'm going to do two films a year, I get another wonderful story, like 'Stree', and I'm like, 'Wow!'

I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora's 'Runaway' music video. Something inside me clicked, like, 'That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.'

I am in movies basically for the money, and frankly, I have a hard time believing those who say they act for the love of acting!

The demons you have are what motivate you to make your art. This is what drives the detective, this is what drives the painter, this is what drives the writer: a conflicting urge to forget pain and at the same time remember it and fight for some kind of justice. I know these powerful things are inside of me and everyone in some way or another.

What is important is satiating my creativity as an artiste.

I was picked by Pradeep Sarkar for a huge campaign called 'Bharat Nirman' and he infused a lot of confidence in me and from thereon my journey started.

I know that sounds dramatic, but shooting everything twice and going through the emotions of two different humans was crazy for me at 16. In terms of my career, that was something that really, really formed me.

It's fun matching steps with younger actors. It gives me the confidence to keep going.

I collect art like other people eat pizza. I can't get enough of it. I need a constant source of inspiration.