Doug Liman Quotes

I am more of a surprise kind of guy. I love to find out as I go.

I like things to be unpredictable.

I'm open to making any kind of music, or maybe making no music ever again. That's also an option, always. Who knows what'll happen.

I'm not somebody who plans. There were times I planned a lot in my life, and it never turns out how you plan it. So I think it's important not to. I'm a very spontaneous person.

In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.

My whole life has been one big improvisation.

I always leave room for serendipity and chance.

You never know how things are going to turn out in a movie. You can imagine a scene one way, and it can turn out to be completely the polar opposite of what you expected. You just have to roll with the punches.

I try not to plan that too much.

It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out.

I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.

I never want anything to be too predictable.

I don't like to let people know where I'm going to end up, and I don't personally like to know where I'm going.

You've gotta leave enough space for your actors to bring stuff to the table and whatever the weather's doing that day or what the light's like. Things can shift, and you have to be malleable. Every day is a different feeling and a change.

I don't really like to say, 'This is where I'll be in five years,' because I truly have no idea.

Every day is different; you never know what to expect, and you have to be ready to pivot on a dime.

I don't feel like consistency is in my life at all, but I honestly wouldn't have it any other way because it keeps my life interesting.

I don't really have an average day, and that works for me. If I knew what I had to do ahead of time, I would be so depressed. I love the unexpected. I love change. I love things being thrown at me.

But this is sports entertainment, so things can change on a daily basis. For that reason you have to be ready to go at any time.

I prefer my hesitations, my false paths, my stammering, to a preconceived idea.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

To be constantly changing one's plans isn't decision at all-it's indecision.

I like the not knowing of what the next job is.