Stephen Daldry Quotes

That’s one of the reasons I never wanted to get married. The last thing I wanted was infinite security and to be the place an arrow shoots off from. I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.

I don't dig staying in one groove.

The thing about me is that I love variety. I like to try new things, and I don't want to be pinned back.

I like change. I don't like being in the same room for too long.

Don't corral me, and I'll always come home. Just let me go out and play during the day.

The way I define what I do is, basically, I do whatever I want.

I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that.

There is something transformative about the act of finding your own way without a to-do list.

For someone like me who gets bored very easily, this life is perfect. I can't be at one place for too long. Travelling broadens your thinking as a person and as an actor.

Focus on yourself -- do what you want, when you want, without having to consider anyone else's agenda.

I'm looking for something that gives me a chance to stretch. Because I have my own work, and I can do anything I want in my own work - juggle, tap dance, anything I want.

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it.

I love the freedom to do whatever I want with style and not be put into a box.

I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I like to evolve.

And I love doing my own projects; that's what I've always wanted to do.

It's like, 'You're not allowed to change. That's not fair. We like you like this.' But I don't. So let me expand and express myself.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

I wanted to be able to do things at my own pace, make mistakes and nobody would care.

What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in my own way, at my own pace.

There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn't so easy in a car, and you can't cover as much ground walking.

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

I knew I didn't want to be stuck in Stoke Newington for the rest of my life, hanging about with idiots. That wasn't for me. I wanted to go out and have a look around.

There's a lot of creative freedom. Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.