Lauren Shuler Donner Quotes

Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas.

When I look back at this career I've had, I don't know where it goes from here, but certainly any time I can make a movie that's different, that explores something that's not a retread of something else, I'm interested in it.

Different is better. I get more jobs being different.

One of the biggest turnoffs is being presented with an idea that's already, to a degree, complete. That's not an adventure, and it's not a learning experience. It's more of a chore. Then you become a technician with taste, as opposed to an explorer and an author.

If you come into any creative project without questions, you're gonna bore yourself, and it'll show on the page.

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

I love fresh ideas and want to do films which offer something new.

My biggest challenge in my career is not looking or sounding like anybody.

I have to be ahead of myself so I don't just fit into the realm of everybody who sounds like me.

The Marvel cinematic universe and the Marvel animation universe are things that are very true, in terms of the DNA of what it is. But if, at the end of the day, all we're doing is telling stories that have appeared in the comic books already, then we're not really challenging anybody.

The challenge for me is still to do something that hasn't been beaten into the movie going consciousness. Otherwise what am I in it for?

The key to success is to find a way to stand out--to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins.

Are you copying others? People won't pay extra for that. You won't be followed for that.

Be different. Be original. Nobody will remember a specific flower in a garden filled with thousands of the same yellow flower, BUT they will remember the one that managed to change its color to purple.

Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.

How do you stand out? Just find your point-of-view.

I'm sure people would argue this, but I want to be different in everything I do. I don't think I've been the same in anything I've done, and I want to keep that up.

The only way to grab the attention of the audience is originality. We feed ourselves with franchises that's the opposite of what makes our culture multidimensional and interesting.

If you want to be different, do something different.

My goal was to do something that incorporated all the stuff I do and have it feel like something new, like it was hopefully taking the stand-up special paradigm and turning it on its head.

I've never had a good game plan. At a certain point, making independent films became more and more appealing to me because I like freshness and originality.

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

Don't blend in; instead, clash with your environment. Stand out. Be different. That's what will draw attention to your ideas. Nothing has intrinsic attention-grabbing power by itself. The power lies in how much something stands out from its context.

It is always better to be an original than an imitation.

One of my guiding principles is don't do anything that other people are doing. Always do something a little different if you can. The concept is that if you do it a little differently there is a greater potential for reward than if you the same thing that other people are doing. I think that this kind of goal for one's work, having obviously the maximum risk, would have the maximum reward no matter what the field may be.