Daniel Wu Quotes

If I've done anything intentional about my career, is that I really have not - I've chosen to try to do as many different types of things as possible. That's really what I like to do.

If you follow anything that I've ever done, I never stick to one thing more than one year. I'm just afraid to get typecast.

I don't want to pigeonhole myself in one character or genre. I want to challenge myself as much as I can.

You're encouraged to do the same kind of movies. But I would like to keep doing different things.

It's about... my only strategy I've ever had in my career is to do as many different types of roles as possible, as many different types of genres. It keeps the fire in my belly.

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything.

I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.

I want to try everything I can; I want to push my boundaries and experiment with characters and genres that I have yet to try.

I'm a person who is always trying to write in a different vein.

I'm always looking to do different roles and play around a little bit. That's always the fun part of my job.

I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from 'Big Love' to romantic comedy, to period film... I can't sit still.

I've always wanted to do non-comedies. I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things.

Creatively I just enjoy challenging myself in different genres.

What's fun for me is to try new things and push myself and not get stuck in one genre or another, or stuck with one character or another.

When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.

I could never be like Hitchcock and do only one kind of movie. Anything that's good is worthwhile.

I don't really differentiate between different genres: if there's a good part going, I'll go after it, and it's preferable to me if it's something I haven't done before.

I don't have one role that I'm particularly fond of doing, and I don't really look for it to differ all the time, but I will try anything and do anything. If it's a role I connect with, I'll go for it, no matter what's involved.

I've always strived to keep mixing it up, keep doing different things, and work in all different parts of our business.

I'm just not sticking to one thing. I like to have fun with it. I like to spread myself in many ways, so you're gonna get all types of music.

Every form has its merits. And I like to work in a lot of different forms.

I feed off variety. I don't want to repeat myself if I can help it, but once they've seen you doing one thing, directors often just want you to do it again.

It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can.

I try to do different things as much as I can. I feel like every actor, there's a limited number of tricks and go-tos. The real good stuff you can't get to unless it's something you haven't done before. So I try to make sure each thing is slightly different. Unless it's for the money. Then I don't care.

I just wanted to get out there and do different roles and try new things.