Liane Balaban Quotes

And I thought that was the best way for me to participate, because standing in the crowd and listening is a fantastic education, but it's not my nature. I need to be involved. So I did that instead.

Think new thoughts. Grab life with both hands, take opportunities you have, & create the ones you need.

I definitely feel like I'm at that point where it's nice to not have to sit at home and wait to be invited to the party, but to be creating work for yourself.

You get given an opportunity, and that is the jumping board; from there you have to build your own path.

I do less waiting by the phone than anyone I know in the business. I don't wait for a job. I just go on to my own work.

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.

I like being involved in interesting and creative things. I'd just rather be involved in creating it, rather than being in it.

I tell people if I want to make a film I just go make it so you can make yours.

The best way to be, is to do.

The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.

As a performer, you can't just sit around waiting for the phone to ring. You have to write and develop projects for yourself, because casting people aren't always going to see you the way you want to be seen. Write a one-person show, shoot a short film, do plays, whatever - activity breeds activity. No one's interested in a stay-at-home actress.

I feel, for the most part, especially in comedy, you make your own work, and maybe that's true across the board.

I know what I'm like when I don't have a project coming up, and that's the mode I'm almost more comfortable in. That's when I get really scrappy and creative.

Write and create as much as you can, because if you're sitting around waiting for someone to give you a well-round, interesting, incredible role on a silver platter, you're going to be a real cute skeleton covered in cobwebs when that happens.

Producing has empowered me as an artist in a specific way. It's forced a certain kind of maturity.

If you have a book to write, write it. If you want to record an album, record it. No need to wait for someone in a cubicle halfway across the country to decide if you're worthy.

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

If you sit and feel sorry for yourself, you're wasting your time. You should be in acting class, instead of feeling sorry for yourself. You should be working.

My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just about my writing - I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.

You can't wait for someone to give you a show. That can't be the first time you're writing and drawing a character.

I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.

What drives me is to still feel creative and like I'm pushing myself as an artist.