Kevin Pollak Quotes

With every project I've ever done, I've always treated it like I'm still in school. Each time you try to go a little further, get a little deeper, feel a little more, sculpt it a little better.

I think all artists need to try to improve, or their work gets stale.

I've been to the studio several times, and it's not that I'm not happy with what I've got, but each time I come away, I feel that I've learned something that I want to work on.

I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better.

The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.

I think as any artist you always want to grow; you always want to get better.

Every record I do is a learning process for how I want to do the next one.

The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.

Experimenting is part of the process. I remember when I was younger, I spent a whole year just writing on straight trap beats because I just wanted to be able to do that at a high level. So it's about perfecting your craft in every way.

You need to make mistakes in rehearsal because that's how you find out what works and what doesn't.

The more you do, the more experience you have and the next time it will be easier to choose the right thing.

Also, I plan to screw something up on every movie I do so that I can learn from my mistakes and become a better director with each project.

Every performer can get better. It's not about staying with what God gave you and doing nothing with it for the rest of your life.

Some artists are happy doing the same thing again and again, but my favorite artists are the ones who evolve and grow, and I want to be one of them.

In all pioneer movements, they underwent a period of experimentation in which mistakes were made which, eventually, according to their proponents, might have led to valuable findings and encouraging results …

Every time I make a new album, I get better and better.

We've always done what we do, and we go out and try and get better with each record we make.

I'll keep improving with more games.

My goal is to get better with each book, and I feel like I am.

I always grow, every album.

You get better by playing, honestly. That's where you develop as a player is to play through mistakes in game action.

I think any person who is starting out in a creative endeavor is not going to be good at it right out of the gate.

I knew I had a long way to go with my mechanics.

I'm still learning every night, with every opportunity to write something, to sing something, to perform any work. Every opportunity to do these things brings me further along the journey, and the best part is, no matter how far along I go, I have so much more to learn.

I never think that I'm the best flicker, but I practice to learn new things every day.