James D'arcy Quotes

I am always experimenting with roles.

I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

I really don't look at myself as just one thing. I'm kind of scattered and like to have my hands in a lot of different projects. It makes me who I am.

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

Sometimes it's important to get out of that comfort zone and, I think, try new things, and sometimes you can express yourself better.

I try every day to do something that I've never done before or make some sound that I've never made before.

You have to be slightly uncomfortable with what you're doing, and you have to be able to try to find moments of newness.

I'm just constantly figuring out new ways to reinvent myself.

The idea is to resist being typecast. I like doing different things.

As an actor, I still have to remind myself of daring to let go and not to repeat myself.

My only job has been to say that you have to, try different things and let yourself become a different person, have experiences.

I find it somewhat liberating to jump, to dive into things that are the opposite of me.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

'Bloodshot,' for me, was unlike anything I'd ever done before, which was really the draw of it. In addition to trying to reconnect with my earlier work, I also wanted to try to do something that was completely new and different.

Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

I'm not going to become a costume version or caricature of myself; I like to morph.

The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.

I think you're always trying to challenge yourself to do new things and not repeat yourself.

Pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable - to me, that's something I'm definitely interested in and want to pursue.

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.

I like to do new things, so I always take on roles that I feel will keep me on my toes. I never want to pigeon myself, so I always like to surprise myself. I believe in versatility and so I would play anything as long as it was a challenge.

I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.