Corbin Bernsen Quotes

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

My dream isn't running a studio or doing anything managerial in any way, shape, or form.

Ultimately, I think what I want from my career is to be able to create work for myself, and there's only so much you can do as an actor in a movie.

I always wanted to be in charge of my own career. I like having my own imprint.

I love to work. It's the idea of having someone else tell you how to make your film or how to sell it - that's the part I can't really deal with. I would rather do 1,000 things that are work than deal with one thing that's a political problem.

I'm a businessman as well as an entertainer. The reason why is because I want to own whatever I'm doing. I don't want to work for other people forever.

Writing is self employment, so you can make your own schedule.

To me, success was not having to have a boss and not having a day job. I've been living my own version of success since the early '90s when I first got signed. I haven't had a job since then.

Sometimes directors will hire you and say, 'Oh, we love your work.' And then they start to tell you how to do it. I say, 'Hey, man, back off. You hired me to do it. Let me do it.'

I financed and made my own films from the start. My path has been autonomous and independent, so I don't have any horror stories about glass ceilings and expectations and tense studio meetings.

The reason I wanted to do a webcomic was that I could be my own boss, and I could call the shots myself.

In my first label Shrapnel Records I wasn't expected to do anything except the creative music that I wanted to do. I was my own boss, which is great.

There are great advantages of making things on the independent market. There's freedom and control there, and kind of a cleanness to the process that I like.

I've always been independent with my music. I've always run my own music label.

The feeling, the sensation behind it is, it's exciting to cherry pick and select and be your own boss and to be in control of your own brand; however, it's a lot of work.

Young women who I think do the best job of balancing family life and a big career start businesses or work for themselves. That's the best way of being in charge of your life.

I know that the podcast is typically something I can do forever, because it's mine; it's just me and my producer and business partner, so it's our business.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

The business has changed so much that they're able - we're able these days in the music industry to be able to control our own destiny.

My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for the sake of other members of my group when I shouldn't have, because I was right in the end.

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

I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.

My dream was to not work for anyone. There's only so many things I was good at - and how am I not going to work for anyone? I just don't want people telling me what to do.

Everything in my career is my decision - every picture, every outfit. You get one chance at this, and I never saw myself as being a puppet.

You gotta make the movie you want to make.