Casey Affleck Quotes

I don't feel like I've ever fit into a specific mold ever since I was very young. That's what so cool about YouTube is that you can do whatever you want.

I don't really have one style; I just choose what I like best each time.

I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum.

I've always been schizophrenic; I've never been interested in limiting myself.

That's that Dungeon Family ethos: being able to reinvent yourself, stand out and stand alone. Having your own character and having your own image, no matter what they say about you. I want to show my versatility and how diverse I am, how I approach the track, my rhythm, my melodies. It's something different.

We are too quick to put labels on things. It is my profession. I get up and paint. Everyone wants to put a label on it, but I am a free spirit, so I fight against that.

No city owns me, you know what I'm saying? I'm from New York, but no city owns me. Nobody can bottle up my sound and box me in. Yes, I am a rapper, but am I a New York rapper? No. I am from New York, I love New York to death, but I will not conform myself to one place, no.

As a film-maker, I certainly don't want to be put into some box.

They're never gonna not put you in a box. It's something that they have to do, because nine times out of 10 people don't understand creativity.

My style is that I have no style.

It's hard to pigeonhole me.

I like being a chameleon and doing things that are just so different that people will be like, 'Oh, that's him?'

I don't like to label myself. I know I'm very hard to pigeonhole.

I remember when I was in art classes, I hated following the assignments. And I would get in trouble for doing something totally different or taking it in a weird direction.

The one thing I will never do is become pigeonholed.

I think I'm always conscious of not letting things fit into a specific box. Being a filmmaker and trying to chart a career, you never want anyone to be able to pigeonhole you into one specific thing.

I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.

You don't have to fight against being placed in a box any more than the number two has to fight against being the number three. I mean, two is not going to be the number three, ever.

I love the freedom to do whatever I want with style and not be put into a box.

It's been helpful to have so many opportunities to look different so people stop pigeonholing you.

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.