Randy Newman Quotes

I surround myself with bizarre people. They're more fun to write about.

If you define eccentricity as creativity, then yes, creativity is eccentricity.

I definitely get inspired by people who are disgusting on some level.

I've always run by the hierarchy of "If not funny, interesting. If not interesting, hot. If not hot, bizarre. If not bizarre, break something."

People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing really deft, funny, clever melodies, and they also make a lot of music for kids, which is terrific, but when you see them in concert, they can rock the house.

I was a kid with a lot of different, strange interests - kind of crazy.

I have always idolized eccentric people.

I know I'm funny, because I'm eccentric, I'm odd. I'm not what you expect.

Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.

Be the weirdest little weird in all Weird Town.

There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.

The opportunity to be bizarre - I am bizarre, aren't I? - is just so wonderful, isn't it?

It's always fun to play someone who is a little off. Normal is a little boring.

The weirder the better for me.

I like actors who are sort of different and eccentric - not what you expect.

Ireland is a great place to be odd.

The movies I do have to be different in some way. Nothing vanilla will do.

I'm a weird guy with a weird sense of humor.

I'm a weird goofy dork.

I'm really a classicist at heart - with a bit of madness!

When I was a teen, I was never really into the captain of the football team or the student body president. The guys I liked were quirky and different: They listened to music I'd never heard of, never had lunch or gas money, and could always make you laugh.

I want to wear something that's not perfectly matching; there has to be something unorthodox about it. I want to create this mystery.

I was a very weird amalgam of things as a kid.

I'm a bit weird.

My plays have been strange from the beginning, and they never got unstrange.