Dennis Quaid Quotes

I've always strived to keep mixing it up, keep doing different things, and work in all different parts of our business.

It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can.

I just wanted to get out there and do different roles and try new things.

I don't deliberately go into comedy or go into indies, but I do deliberately try to keep changing tact, because I think that is the key to longevity in a career.

I like to write in all different genres. I just like a new challenge.

I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.

I'm always looking to do different roles and play around a little bit. That's always the fun part of my job.

I want to play everything. I really want to do it all.

If I've done anything intentional about my career, is that I really have not - I've chosen to try to do as many different types of things as possible. That's really what I like to do.

I got involved in lots of different areas round about 2007, 2008. Just working with lots of different people and stretching myself in different ways. I was working on art projects and working with other writers, just doing bits and pieces, trying to keep busy.

I had opportunities to stay on shows for long periods of time, and maybe financially that would have been good, but I feel good about trying to keep doing things that are a little bit different than what I've done.

I feed off variety. I don't want to repeat myself if I can help it, but once they've seen you doing one thing, directors often just want you to do it again.

I love changing my roles. I think the most important thing that I can do for myself is to keep changing the genres, the periods, the characters themselves.

I try not to stick to any one thing, you know. That's always been important to me.

I'm open to trying multiple different types of styles.

I realise that I'm a bit of a dabbler but it's nice to do stuff that's different.

The idea is to resist being typecast. I like doing different things.

The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do.

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything.

I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.

I'm a person who is always trying to write in a different vein.

I really look up to people who experiment in all areas and I think Johnny Depp is a really good actor to look up to because he's done so many genres of films.

I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from 'Big Love' to romantic comedy, to period film... I can't sit still.

I think every actor wants to try out different things.

Always do something different. Always different things.