Mekhi Phifer Quotes

I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.

It's so amazing that you can give somebody like David Fincher 'House of Cards,' and he can do whatever he wants - Netflix doesn't say, 'Oh, you can't do that,' or, 'We need a subplot here about this.' It's pretty neat that it is allowing the creatives to be creative.

At some point, I would like to start creating my own things. If people don't write the scripts I like, then I will do my own.

Become the director, producer, choreographer of your own story

I didn't want to be pigeonholed as an artist. I wanted to be able to have other stories to tell.

We tell the stories that we want to tell.

It's a simple formula for me now, I don't play any song I don't want to play.

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.

I've got more creative control when I do music.

The way I look at a solo project is, I create what I want with whoever I want.

The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.

I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.

I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

Writing for myself and writing for another artist are two very different experiences. When I handle both the story and the art, I have full control. I can endlessly tweak every word and every line.

Writing is much more satisfying on a certain level than acting ever was. Because you're not interpreting someone else's original idea, you can come up with your own.

I want to write and direct and kind of do my own thing.

I really enjoy the creative freedom that I get when I produce my own projects.

I've avoided situations where I wouldn't have creative freedom.

Doing stuff on my own terms and making a record without being signed to a label - I credit that all to my commercial work.

If I had my druthers, I wouldn't have anyone's words in my script but my own, but if you want complete autonomy, just stick to novels.

Any time you turn off and let someone else make any artistic decision for you, you make a mistake.

You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.

My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.

When one wants to write, one writes. If one is condemned to write, one writes.