Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

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

I'm always constantly trying to find stuff that's different. It's a way to keep me on my toes and keep me interested and keep me excited about work.

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

Just as a blues player can play 20 blues songs in a row but find a way to make each one different, ... I always want to find different ways to do something

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.

I want to do something that people have not seen before... surprise everyone. There has to be variety in work.

I don't like to stick to one formula. That gets boring. I get bored, so I want to try different ways of getting inside something.

I try not to repeat myself. It's the hardest thing in the world to do -- there are only so many notes one human being can master. .

Doing something different, doing something original is always fun because there is a lot of creativity that comes with it.

I'm sure people would argue this, but I want to be different in everything I do. I don't think I've been the same in anything I've done, and I want to keep that up.

Always do something different from the others.

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various.

Aside from 'Hatchet II' and 'Hatchet III,' I've never repeated myself. I try to keep doing things that are totally different.

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.

Always do something different. Always different things.

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.

I think audiences crave something new. I don't think audiences want the same old thing, no matter how much conventional Hollywood tells you that.

People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do what Gaga does. They can't do what I do.

Every time, I try to make something different.

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.

I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.

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

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

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 think it's more important to make a lot of different things and keep coming up with new images and things that were never made before, than to do one thing and do it well.