Martin McDonagh Quotes

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.

The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.

I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.

I don't much like being directed. I enjoy being allowed to play.

I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?

I write all my own raps myself, 100 percent. And it feels good to be able to say that.

I've avoided situations where I wouldn't have creative freedom.

I am not really interested in only showcasing my life or work but plan to produce, write and create work that is solely my vision.

I've always wanted to keep my own personal creative space, and do everything myself.

I think people know by now that I do my own writing.

At some point, I would like to start creating my own things. If people don't write the scripts I like, then I will do my own.

I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.

But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will.

That's my actual payment, the fact that I can actually make something that I actually enjoy and put on repeat, and it's not related to anything else or anyone else's thoughts and ideas, it all came from me; I just love that aspect of it.

With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me.

I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else.

I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.

You're not a slave to those test audiences.

My films, no one else will do.

I don't necessarily love all the collaborations that I've done; the more I work with other people, the more I realize that I want to work with myself.

If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.