Dash Mihok Quotes

One reason I think I am able to work with such dark material is the fact I was never really discouraged from making this kind of work.

Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very boring.

I think most people have creative ideas and have very strange, unorthodox impulses of things that they can do with their lives. I've had many of these over the years, but I decided the more important question was, 'When did I start calling this art?'

I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing.

I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.

I don't shy from controversy. I'm telling stories, and I'll tell whatever story seems like it wants to be told.

I just feel like with independent movies... they're really free to do whatever they want. They're not afraid to make a statement about anything, and there's not a huge studio behind them making sure that everything is wholesome and politically correct and all that.

We need less perfect but more free films.

There's a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility.

I really was interested in doing something for a premium channel like Showtime or HBO, just because you get to really let loose. I think they let their storylines go wherever they want, and it's really a special place to work.

I think, like any artist or any writer, I just want to have that pure freedom of expression and of thought - the freedom to explore and move in unexpected ways.

That was the magical thing about the Seventies: artists ruled. Because films were relatively low-budget, nobody cared. We could just go off and work.

It's a great thing not trying to make music for a label but just for the love of music again.

If the story-teller is to nourish the roots of his culture, society must set him free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

Creative process gives me the most freedom because I can do anything I want on a piece of blank media.

I don't like being locked in a cage on the creative scale. I need an outlet.

Making independent films is liberating. It eliminates self-censorship, which mainstream films are infected with due to commercial priorities.

One of the great things about working for Netflix is that they haven't placed any restrictions on content or artistically.

I've always allowed myself to go on journeys creatively and emotionally, and never put, like, limits on myself.

The nice part about not being a huge film is that you get to goof around a bit more.

I'm letting the songs breathe and change and become what they are without force.

I did feel a little afraid, as you say, the complete liberty and "elasticity" of it. But I found that I liked some of the things that it availed me of in terms of emotion and tonal stuff. I came to find it appealing.

I was a ballet dancer for so long, but when I realized I had reached my limit and that I couldn't go any further I knew I wanted to pursue acting. That's one thing you don't use as a dancer - your voice. And the one thing I use most in my life is my voice so it's wonderful to get to express myself artistically through the biggest instrument I use.

So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.