Teddy Thompson Quotes

I love Lady Gaga. She's not afraid to take risks and be herself.

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

I guess I say this for younger actors out there: you have to be brave, and you have to be ready to fail, and that's the only way you can be unique. So when a director is confident enough in what they're doing, and they allow their actors to be brave and bring in stuff, the more likely it's going to work out okay.

I want to work with anybody original.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

If I like a make-up artist's look, even if nobody knows about her, I use her. New people give me energy.

The kids that are different and out there and expressive and are bold with those choices, those are the people that grow up to be people we all want to hang out with, that become celebrities or become really successful in what they do because they believe in who they are.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.

You've got to let your talents shine and play and trust the guys you play with.

I just love his creativity; that's what I'm talking about as far as being unique and creative and different. Kanye is doing it.

You have to be unique in your own ways and the ways that you play to find a way to win. You can't always go with the trend that's going on. Sometimes you have to create the trend yourself and be confident in it.

There are some beautiful things about people like Katy Perry, who are bold enough to go up on a pink cotton-candy cloud, with a guitar, in a tutu, and sing all by herself.

I dared to be different, I want to inspire others to do the same.

And hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different, and to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not do what everybody else does.

Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease.

What I've learned over the years is that the path less traveled always makes for a more interesting journey. If you simply do what everyone else is doing, how can you ever expect to excel and create something wonderful and unique in your life?

What Kierkegaard said about love is also true of creativity: every person must start at the beginning.

In the age of mediocrity and clones, John Stowell's uniqueness and originality are a breath of fresh air. I love playing with him.

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.

I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

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

I love fashion and am not scared to deviate from the norm.