Lena Waithe Quotes

What I enjoy most is doing something I've never done before.

People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

With my writing, I try to do stuff I have not done before. Each time I sit down, I want to have a new experience, and by extension, I want my readers to have a different experience.

It's always more interesting to do new things.

I'm always looking for something new to do.

It's always fun to try something new. People think every avenue has been explored on TV, but this has never been done. That, in itself, really excites me.

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.'

You can't buy something which does not exist. In a way, let's make things exist and then judge later. Don't cancel the process of creativity too early; let it flow.

I'm a person who is always trying to write in a different vein.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.

I always like being able to do something I haven't done before.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

I don't want to do something that I've done before; I can't see the point of it.

What is the purpose of being human and alive without doing new things?

The more things you do outside of your norm, the more ideas you get exposed to, the more people you get exposed to, and I think that's interesting.

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.

I always do something that I've never done before.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

I like learning stuff. The more information you can get about a person or a subject, the more you can pour into a potential project. I made a decision to do different things. I want to do things that have a better chance of being thought of as original. I do everything I can to disrupt my comfort zone.