James Marsters Quotes

I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac.

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to.

I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I want to tell these stories and present these shapes, colors and movements as I see them, as I see them serve a narrative. As I see that narrative serve an audience. That's what I want to do.

I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.

It doesn't matter what medium I perform, I just love to perform in general, if it's good work.

The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don't mean a conceit of the producer.

For me, a show is an event - something we work toward that focuses an idea.

From the beginning, I always felt artistically inclined. I always knew I wanted to be an artist of some sort, even if I didn't know what an artist was. I clung to the arts. I always watched 'High School Musical' and those type of things.

I'm doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I'll put whatever up there for the visible eye.

If you want to be an entertainer and just keep your audience happy, that's one thing. But to be an artist, I think, means ultimately primarily pleasing yourself, and in that respect, you constantly have this sense of confronting the expectations of your audience.

I think that there's a difference between being an entertainer and being an artist.

I always knew I wanted to be a performance artist.

What I love is to create a show and for people to enjoy it and be aware that's what it is: a show.

To me, being in the studio is one of the most exciting parts about being an artist.

I just want to make TV that I want to see.

Writing is very much perceived as something distinct from performance. I don't see it like that.

I think my concern is I know my voice, and I know the kinds of landscapes that interest me, so my primary concern is doing the most I can with those voices and those landscapes.

I'm not an impressionist as such, and I never will be, so the sketches where I was supposed to be a famous person probably weren't my best work.

I've always been obsessed with being on stage and putting shows together.

I'm perfecting my craft as an artist and as a performer, and my shows are getting better each time.

I am only an artist.

I just call myself an artist, really.

I guess that's the big challenge of any art: Do you want to be something for everyone or everything for someone?

The greatest thing in the world as an actor or an artist to connect.

There's traditionally been a large disconnection in contemporary art between the audience and the artist. Generally, audiences are looking towards what they like, and I can tell you, that's the last thing on an artist's mind.