George Eads Quotes

Pushing the envelope' sort of implies that you're inside the envelope with everyone else, and you're trying to find the edges on the outsides.

I like crossing the imaginary boundaries people set up between different fields - it's very refreshing.

I am constantly trying to push my boundaries and break the mould that has been made for leading actresses, and it is such great fun.

You don't know what the country is ready for unless you're pushing that envelope, and I was told that I couldn't develop 'Will and Grace'.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

A new medium always has a period when it is struggling inside the confining box of an earlier medium. Creators have to unlearn what they knew before they can see the fresh, uncharted vistas stretching before them.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not going to get too many surprises if you only focus on the stuff that fits inside the box that you know.

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.

Don't listen to the prevailing majority points of view. If you have new ideas, push them.

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

I want to entertain, but I also want to push the barriers beyond what kids are conditioned into accepting.

Our film industry as well as the audiences are now open to unconventional pairings and subjects, which has aided my journey greatly.

We don't have a lot of space in our imaginations to allow people to expand what they do.

I think it's the responsibility of a designer to try to break rules and barriers.

When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.

I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth.

I've sort of made a reputation by high-stepping my way out of genre. As soon as somebody says, 'He does this,' I'm not standing there anymore.

I guess I've always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor.

One finds limits by pushing them.

We're offered bigger, larger budget movies to produce a lot, and we don't do them. That's not to say there aren't exceptions: there are a few exceptions, but I try and stick by the rules that produce what I think is the highest quality, most innovative work and try and let the rules go that make us feel like we're retreading.

Don't let expertise fool you into seeing false boundaries or underestimating those with wild dreams.

Some actors want to keep riding the horse that made them famous, but it's not interesting to me. I like to turn an archetype on its head.

More or less, I am always saying, 'Let's do what has not been done.'