Tom Hanks Quotes

I don't think something necessarily has to be mean or cynical to represent 'edgy.' I think 'edgy' can mean a lot of different things.

I would like to do something a little bit more edgy.

What's missing from pop music is danger.

The tried and tested becomes very boring. There's no way that the British equivalent of a Bryan Cranston would get the lead in a British equivalent of 'Breaking Bad.'

You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.

I guess edgy things tend to get my attention.

Each single gesture of art must be daring. One must not be concerned with the side-effects.

Different is better. I get more jobs being different.

If somebody is young and brilliant and imaginative, he will be listened to, even if he is a little unorthodox.

People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.

I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit.

I don't follow trends. I set my own and I go for the extreme.

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.

I've always wanted to do things different, always wanted to be the person who stands out from the pack.

That's the tricky thing these days: being able to surprise people.

I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'

Better to be wrong than be boring.

The most successful people are so original.

I've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want.

I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.

You pay a certain penalty for going your own way. A lot of people think you're nuts, and you're not as popular with girls as you should be.

I don't mind being unlikely. I'd rather that than be predictable.

Take a walk on the wild side.

Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field.

I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.