Drew Goddard Quotes

We do worry that we might be making something we've made before. It's important that we make something we've never made before.

Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.

I always want to do things that are different. I don't want to be doing the same thing, the same performance constantly, and it feels like most people tell you that they are the same. However different you feel might approach them.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

I don't find myself so exercised by a desperation to be new.

I'm someone who always wants to do everything differently. If I have a pattern, I'd rather I didn't have a pattern. I want every book to be unpredictable and new. Damn it!

I will always do something new.

You know that I'm always a proponent of doing things differently.

I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.

I have a hatred of familiarity. If I feel like I am doing something I've done before, it feels old and done. I feel I have no choice but to strike out in directions that feel new - anything less just doesn't seem worth it.

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

It's always good to do something that is not a repeat. I just don't believe in repeating.

I try my best to find variety in what I'm doing, but there's a lot out there that's the same.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

That's the tricky thing these days: being able to surprise people.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Every film has to be the next something else; originality isn't celebrated because you can't market it.

I am not doing comedy because the genre is successful. If that was the case, I would have done a run-of-the-mill comedy film. I set my own trends. I like to give something new and different to my audiences. I want to do the kind of comedy that has been missing till now.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

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.

I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.

I don't aim for perfection. But I do want to try and come up with something interesting.

It's a new game now, you know, you have to bring some fresh stuff.