Andy Roddick Quotes

There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.

If something comes around that would be a challenge, then that would be wonderful. But if it's a watered-down version of something I've already done, I'd rather do something else.

It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.

To be able to experience a thousand different lives within my lifetime is something that always appealed to me. I wasn't content with just being one person for the rest of my life.

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.

Hollywood was possible for a while! Why didn't I go along with it? Well, the other things that were pulling me back were more important. Being at home, being in the same marriage, these things enabled me to go off and travel in the first place.

Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking. The ride might not be as predictable if you'd just planted your feet and stayed put, but it will be a heck of a lot more interesting.

I want to do a lot of different characters - definitely not always the same kind of character. I love that life provides so many choices, and I want to be able to experience that.

It's good to experience different things.

I think life's about the experiences, and variety is the spice of life.

I worked very hard not to have average days. I never do the same thing twice.

One of the things I love about my job is that it offers me an opportunity to step into different people and different spaces and different kinds of work in every new thing that I do. I'm just looking forward to the surprises I'm going to have.

Keeping your lives as varied as possible is a good thing.

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

Go find something that you haven't done before. Don't do the same thing over and over again.

'Narnia' has opened my eyes to a lot of things. I feel lucky that I'm able to travel; I'm not stuck in my hometown, meeting the same kind of girls and saying hi to the same people, week after week. There are so many interesting, intelligent girls out there.

I mostly like to travel and volunteer because I get antsy if I stay in my comfort zone for too long.

There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to refuse any of them. Maybe no good from a PR perspective, but from the point of view of everyday life, it keeps things interesting.

Some people haven't got a life, I suppose. They want to be on the road all the time.

I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.

As an actor, you tend to live in a really small world, which is not very healthy. It is enriching to go to new places, meet different people know and learn about things which you didn't know about.

I want to try everything I can; I want to push my boundaries and experiment with characters and genres that I have yet to try.

I love going out of my comfort zone - I live to go out of my comfort zone.

What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.