Elijah Wood Quotes

I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges.

I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I first started. Every film brings with it unique challenges and experiences, and I approach every one with the same enthusiasm.

I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with.

People love to be swept off their feet, to go into an environment where they've never been, to experience things they only dream about. And filmmaking offers that potential.

I love to travel and to be inspired by new things, so everything is always new. I've never done the same bathroom or the same kitchen a second time. It's challenging, and I like to be challenged.

Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.

Every time I start the next movie, it's as exciting as the first time.

I get bored very easily. I have a voracious appetite and I do not feel alive if I'm repeating something I'm good at. So I'm always looking for new challenges.

I'm always really excited to try something new in my profession that I haven't done yet.

I want to do lots of exciting, varied, interesting things. That's what I want to do.

I don't have anything saying, 'I'm going to do this many new films, and this many comedies.' But, it's always exciting for me, whenever it is a new character and something I haven't done before, and that's part of what draws me to it.

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

What I enjoy most is doing something I've never done before.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film.

If I can introduce someone to something new, as is constantly happening to me, then I am elated.

Why go to Antarctica, why do a film like 'Grizzly Man'? It's the sheer joy of storytelling - it's the urge.

Well, you know, writers just suck up new experiences - we're just like the vacuum cleaners of newness.

When I look for the next project, it's always about, 'Is it going to push me out of my comfort zone? Am I doing something different? Am I working with people who are passionate about what they're doing?' At the end of the day, if I'm going to be bored on set, then I'm not gonna be happy.

I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.

That is why it's so fun to make movies... you get to do lots of things you would never do in your normal life.

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.

Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.

My favorite on screen moments are when you are really there and you know you're creating something. That's so exciting... it's why you come to work.

I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience.