Peter Marino Quotes

I have always lived my life outside of the box. I find it to be way more fun there.

We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

I want to do everything I can possibly do to step outside the box.

I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.

I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.

Always be different; don't follow the rules. Don't do what anyone tells you. Don't use the same sounds as people; don't use the same drums as people.

The American people ... have a stake in con-conformity, for they know that the American genius is non-conformist.

My early experiences in animation taught me that following someone else is not a great idea.

It's something I have always tried to do in my career - play outside the box.

It's important to be unconventional.

I'm a little insane, and I'm going to be a little different. But hopefully, somewhere in there, in that creative arena, something will emerge that is new and different and unique.

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

Question everything. Don't try to emulate someone else's path. Look at what you have, the tools you have, the place you're in; know the rules, and break them.

I've always tried to do things a little bit before they were being done by the mainstream. I challenge myself to do that in stand-up also, to talk about things that I'm not hearing anybody talk about onstage and in the media.

Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.

I remember when I was in art classes, I hated following the assignments. And I would get in trouble for doing something totally different or taking it in a weird direction.

Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

For a writer, you definitely do not want to be in the mainstream. You want to be on the edge because that's where the vantage point is. That's where you can see.

I love fashion and am not scared to deviate from the norm.

Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.