Craig Brewer Quotes

I need to find a way of retaining creative control.

I wouldn't mind doing Playboy again. But only if I had creative control.

An actor has power, and their power is very simple: it's the power to say no.

No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.

I don't believe that an animation studio should be an executive-driven studio.

Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.

In Nine Inch Nails, I've been the guy calling the shots since inception. I'd gotten used to that.

Actually, I get a little say in what my character would or wouldn't do.

I like directing myself; I feel like it's one less person to give notes to. There's an efficiency in it. I'm also kind of a control freak. So I like the fact that it gives me more control in the overall picture.

I'm sure my children will be artists. I hope they will direct because it is much more interesting. Acting is great, and I love it, but it is very passive, and it depends on other people's desire, and you depend on others all the time.

I don't like directing that much to want a career as a director for hire. I like to have as much creative control as possible.

I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go - casting, the artwork, everything - I'm completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across.

Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own.

When you're a freelance director, you are hired to create the art, and it kind of stops there.

My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.

I think every actor wants a certain amount of control. Maybe not control, as such, but just to be part of the process. But it's not necessary, I guess.

It's everything and I always make decisions about the cast.

I have to believe that I know what's best for me. For instance, I choose all my songs. I never record anything I don't want to record. No one tells me what concerts to do.

I've never worked for a show or was on a show where I didn't have a lot of control creatively, but then again, I haven't worked on a lot of shows.

I want to be able to manipulate and control my career from the creative side.

I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.

I've been in charge all my damn life, but executive producing is teamwork. You're involved with every aspect of the production, from casting to locations, everything.

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

I don't suffer the decisions the studio world makes.