Drew Goddard Quotes

I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk.

The thing I'm most proud of about - not all of our movies, but a lot of our movies - is that you might love 'em, you might hate 'em, but most of the time, they're trying to be different or trying new things, which I think is really important.

You can't just be a rock star by rehashing things you've seen or done before. Bring something new, which is what hip-hop does best.

I improvise a lot and try something new every couple of years.

I would say that is the beauty of Adult Swim is that they're always pushing forward from what they've done in the past, and they're always just trying different styles.

I always look for projects that are risky and ones that want to do something unique. If audiences don't like it, you feel good knowing that you were brave enough to do something original. If they do like it, you feel like everyone is rewarded, because we all got to see something new.

We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.

Creating content and never being afraid to try something new have been my two hallmarks.

I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

To keep the edge, you just keep doing something new. I'm not gonna say that working is easy, but while I'm doing it, I'm just a happy little moron - that's how my girlfriend describes me. The fact that nothing might happen with those things is not the point. The point is, I'm doing new things, and I have a good feeling in my soul.

You hear again and again that audiences want to see movies that are different, and critics say we make the same thing again and again in Hollywood, then you go and make something different, and you get kicked in the gut for it.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.

I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.

When I've worked with established artists, I've naturally been more restricted, but you still have to take risks and push yourself to do something different.

The best films come about through experimentation.

In writing, I've found, playing it safe and familiar is no way to energize anybody.

I don't aim for perfection. But I do want to try and come up with something interesting.

Theater is dangerously open to repetition. It's exciting when you hit on a new way.

In order for fashion to progress, we have to always be willing to invest in someone or something new and embrace risks, regardless of the economy.

Always changing genres, making very different films is a good idea. It's a way of making yourself feel vulnerable again, getting back to that innocence. As is working within a circumspect budget.

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.