J. K. Simmons Quotes

I've admired Lawrence master from his choreographer days. I love how he experiments and makes it work. I like his attention to detail and the intrigue in his movies.

I really approached the film as if it was a white big piece of paper and I was going to draw a picture on it. And whether that picture was good or bad, whatever people thought of it, what they could never take away was that it was my picture.

Creativity is very selfish. Scandalously so, in fact.

If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have composed.

If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else.

To the extent that independent means you're willing to attempt to put your own ideas, personality, and commitment to the material on screen, then of course I hope I'm independent until the day I die.

If you copy then it is not self-expression.

Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.

In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them.

Tradition is the great misleader because it's too easy to follow what has already been done - even though you may think you're giving it a kick. I was really trying to invent, instead of merely expressing myself.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

I like to cast actors I admire, one's that are talented. Each one will bring something new to the part. This play has been done thousands of times and now certain characters are too familiar.

When you make new musicals, you have the great freedom and the great burden that it can be changed.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.

I like to create something that's unique and kind of true to myself and authentic and everything. I don't really like to mirror myself after different artists.

My attitude with covers is, make it your own or else leave it alone.

Everything that I've ever made in my life is from my instinct.

The key to artistry is being able to say stuff the way other people can't.

I am always updating and coming up with something fresh, whether it's a colour, a trend, or a design, as my uncle always taught me to be unique and different.

It's better if a singer disconnects from the original and brings something new to the version.

I have never followed anyone's style of singing.

Creative instinct is personal.

An artist must be very careful not to look for models. As soon as one artist takes another as model, he is lost. There is no other point of departure than reality.

I think it's really important to make things your own in your voice. I started when I was 23, and in the beginning of my career, there was this expectation of a young designer being edgier, cooler, more downtown. But I was never that person.