Eddie Izzard Quotes

I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

I'm not like J.K. Rowling, where I know there's going to be this number of seasons, and I know exactly what's going to happen. I would be so bored if that was the case. There would be no journey. There would be nothing to discover.

If you know how to freestyle, you will never have writer's block.

I'm versatile, so however the beat makes me go on it, that's just what it do.

I like to leave things open, and even when I write out the story ahead of time, it always changes. I don't think I would finish anything if I was sticking to a plan that was very rigid.

When you work without a script, you are in a sense working in a much more improvisational way than when you are prepared totally.

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.

I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.

I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.

I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in.

I used to be very rigid because I just wanted to get through it. Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease.

I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best.

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

The worst question is, 'Where do you see yourself in five years?' I don't know. Variety is the spice of life. That's the best way to describe it.

Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

Sometimes you don't want to get married too much to a lot of rehearsing, I feel, when it comes to film, because there's so many technicalities. So if I'm in my head, I've gotten settled on something, I'm gonna have to change it if I get there and something was set that's completely different.

The fact is I'm an opportunist. I'll take materials around me, materials on my table, and work with them as I'm searching for an idea that works.

I think there's always this idea in your head, but you have to allow the film to take its own course.

There are people who are able to plan their career, their future, but I've never had any talent for that. I just do things and hope for the best. Say yes, take a chance, and sometimes it's terrific and sometimes it's not.

I've never had a plan - it was just to try and get with the people you like to play with, and try to do the best you can.

I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes.

But I just think we've got such a continuity with what we're doing that most people come in and fill in the blanks. And sometimes we leave a lot of blanks to be filled.

When I'm onstage, I'm not thinking about ideas. I'm not in my head at all. It's a more physical experience.

I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always 'let it keep rolling.'