Peter Kay Quotes

I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes.

I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory.

All I know is, I'm trying to do things that are a little different whenever I can.

As a director, I've wanted to have adventure in my life, creative adventure. I think it's partly because I grew up, basically from age six to 26, mostly on television series where the producers find something that works and then do it over and over and over again.

My son became my manager, and he said to me, 'Mom, if you could do anything you wanted to do, what would it be?' And out of my mouth immediately came, 'Dancing With the Stars.'

I'm not great at trying new things.

Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them.

I loved Herman's Head. And it was a great experience.

When you choose your fields of labor go where nobody else is willing to go.

I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.

It's absolutely surprising to me how well 'The State' has held up as far as people liking it and having fond memories of it, considering it's a sketch show.

I'm not saying that everyone should swim with sharks, but sometimes you have to jump over your own shadow in order to learn something that you will never forget for the rest of your life. Then you know you can conquer your fears.

But once I went for it, left my inhibitions aside and saw its eventual success, it made me much more comfortable and eager THIS time around to take it to a whole new level.

There's real peril in trying to repeat yourself, and apply rules that applied to something else to a new project.

But sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable.

I like to take on the thing I don't like at the moment. I like to find something that looks wrong or feels off, something that I would never have done in the past, like brocade. And then all of a sudden, if we can make brocade work, then we've really done something, because I hate it. And that's just a reference. I don't actually hate brocade.

'Mad About You' was very fun.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

I want to do things that terrify me, unless they're going to kill me.

I was young enough to certainly realize the excitement of how popular 'Seinfeld' was.

We need to risk, we need to dare to risk and fail greatly because that's the only way we grow.

Often, the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

I don't know if I'm a daredevil, exactly, but I do enjoy a good challenge. It's the only way you grow.

If you're not doing something different, you're not doing anything.