Christina Hendricks Quotes

I just do what I think is funny and what's exciting to me.

Content is king. When you are asking people to read you several times a day, you better have some fine content.

I look for good scripts, not anything. It should inspire me, and the audience should like it.

I don't have a favorite. I need different genres at different times.

Tell me that you don't like cartoons, and I think there's something wrong with you. I don't understand why people don't like cartoons.

A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.

Muse. Mu-se. It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you. And I don't think it's necessarily a man 'taking' from a woman. It can go both ways, both can stimulate, excite.

Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn't come out the same if we're not really excited about it.

I want to create shows which are interesting. I hope that some people are excited by some of the ideas.

As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge of excitement. I knew it was going to work.

What would rock and roll be without ambition, craziness, danger, and fun?

I like to write about things that fascinate me because I believe that they will also fascinate my readers as well.

That's what's cool - you don't know what your kids are gonna be drawn to or what's gonna excite them and what's gonna motivate them. So it's cool to see their personalities develop and see the things that they lean toward.

If it's a drama or comedy, it doesn't matter to me. I just want to like the writing.

You know, one of my favorite movies that inspired me and got me started was 'Dead Poet's Society.'

The podcasts that keep my attention are those where I can feel the hosts and guests are enjoying themselves or are really passionate about the subject matter.

The terror of figuring out a new genre, of telling a new story, is what makes the job exciting, keeps me from getting bored, and I assume it keeps whoever follows my work from getting bored as well.

At least for me, any time I've been in hotbeds of creativity, I got excited about something that wasn't coming from me.

I've always told my wife, 'Anytime I have an opportunity to be on something that I would watch even if I wasn't on it, that's when I get really, really giddy.'

If it's a good movie, it's a good movie. I don't care about the genres.

I think if you make good, interesting content with compelling story lines and good characters, people will tune into the web for as long as you want them to.

If a film is entertaining, it will work irrespective of anything. It should be entertaining and engaging; otherwise, it becomes a documentary.

When I sit down and make videos, my No. 1 thought is that I want to make a video that I want to watch.

Music is not a sport - one is not better than the other. You just like what you like and get inspired.

Unless they excite me, I don't sign a movie.