Griffin Dunne Quotes

I was very pleased to find that once I had records out music videos were starting to happen, so I directed some of my own music videos and got to experiment in other areas of expression.

I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like getting to paint a new canvas everyday.

Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.

It's so important to work with material you can really mold and milk and create and evolve.

I like to experiment, and as an actress, I always thought it's good to be open about a lot of things.

We do things differently. You don't have to worry about being part of a particular genre. You just go for it.

I'm not precious about anything. The effort it took to get something means nothing to me in post.And it means nothing to the audience. I'll chop limbs off. I'll put an arm where a leg should be. I'll do anything.

I've documented a lot of things myself as a filmmaker. If you want a rockumentary, that's in there.

The good thing about animation is that you can affect it. If something is not working, then you just fix it.

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!

The camera gave me an incredible freedom. It gave me the ability to parade through the world and look at people and things very, very closely.

The greatest joy in getting ready for the film is that there aren't many reference points for the journey and you've got to define it for yourself.

When I think about the new film, I think I can do whatever I want with fiction, but the more documentary it is, the better it will be because that's what I'm good at. I'm good at observing people's behavior and putting these unspoken things into movie contexts in ways that other people can sometimes miss.

That's really what keeps me playing live - appreciation. And I guess I've made a lot of wiggle room for myself to try different things and discover what I'm doing, and the audience accepts it.

We live in a world where art is always looked upon as the perfect medium. We live in a society where we can alter our body parts, we can act in the most perfect or right way. A lot of that is dangerous because, especially in the world of art, the chief enemy of creativity is being safe. If you're safe, you can't fall and hurt yourself. The older you are, the further down the crash is going to be. But if it works out, the higher the high.

I don't think you need to be so result-oriented when you're trying to define the success of an art work. I think we can allow some unpredictability.

My recent drawings that personal ones aren't fashion-related. I sometimes sit and draw people on the bus, or some fantasy hybrid animal. You know, wherever the hand will lead.

I've never really had a certain style of music in mind that I make, or am really adamant on how something should sound, but I like the process of not knowing, of just seeing what happens and what comes out.

You're not always going to hit the bull's-eye. I'm going to make movies that work and I'm going to make movies that don't work, and that's just a part of being creative. Because really, I think if you're taking risks and you're pushing yourself and you're doing things that scare you, you are going to fall on your face, and it's not always going to work.

There are no rules in filmmaking

I can't think of anything more rewarding than being able to express yourself to others through painting. Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative; these things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul.

Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes.

One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.

Making art is nothing but risk, always. If it's not risk, it's no good.

I know some artists who come out of country music and the three sessions a day work ethic where you walk in, and you're told you play this note, this note, and this note, and you don't vary it. I know that works great for some people. It wouldn't work for me.