Finn Wittrock Quotes

I don't like waiting around for work, and sometimes as an actor you're forced into that position, so that's sort of how I got into writing, producing and directing.

I think it's really important, as an actor in this business, to have another creative outlet.

As an actor, you just want to continue to work on things that you like. You can be in this business a long time and consistently working and just be totally artistically unfulfilled.

I want to be able to say, 'you think you're odd, I'm even odder and I made it - you can too!' I want to direct, do more with 'The Dance Scene,' sign artists and just provide opportunities. I'm just getting started and having the time of my life!

I'm going to continue doing what I want to do. And if it means I want to go and make a big movie, if it has something to say, I will want to make it. I don't want to spend my life wasting my time. If it's a big movie, I want to do it. If it's a small movie, I want to do it.

Writing keeps my mind occupied during the down time in my acting career. Even when I am working, there are times when I have multiple days off each week. Also, the writing allows me to 'do' movies that I would never do as an actor.

Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.

Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in.

I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.

I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.

What career? A man's got a body of film of about four movies in about 10 years or something. I do it because I think I can do a good job of something and I'll enjoy it, do it, and sort of vanish. I don't want to be an actor for hire.

The only reason I write is that I feel I have to. Being the creator of a project puts me in a much better position to do the things I want to do.

I want to keep pushing those boundaries of acting.

I believe that a web series allows actors the freedom to express their views.

After I got back my career and my artistic freedom in 1982, my golden rule is the music must never suffer.

If I get too type-cast, that's the worst possible scenario.

It's not fun for an actor to be pigeonholed in any way.

Real power is being able to take care of yourself. My job is to make art, but I aspire to do more than that.

All filmmakers want the option to make another film, to have it not always be such an uphill battle - for it to be our life, our working life.

I feel so lucky and so privileged that I like writing for myself. Like, I don't have to wait for somebody to create a part for me or a project for me. I can just do it. And that's so great.

I've tried, in periods of unemployment, to pick up a paintbrush.

I can only control what I can, which is what I'm able to do as an artist.

I like writing, and I enjoy the production part a lot, actually. It gives you longevity in a career, where you know sometimes you might not always have the time to do the parts you want to do.

I could have never had any kind of creative freedom on TV, so then I did movies! Now, I am able to do all kinds of entertainment... and that, I feel, is the biggest blessing!

One of the things I love about acting is that there is always scope for growth.