Karla Crome Quotes

I'm voraciously looking to express myself in my work. I love my work.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.

The word 'success' - who's defining it? It's about whether or not it makes me feel good. Four billion people don't have to see or hear it. If I've enjoyed the process of creation and I'm at peace, then what happens next is just entertainment. If mass appeal were actually something, Marilyn Monroe wouldn't be dead.

Satisfying myself is the point in filmmaking, in my mind.

Doing something because it's quote-unquote a good career move doesn't really appeal to me.

I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.

The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons.

Now, I am perfectly willing to just enjoy my career by choosing roles simply because I consider them to be a challenge and doing the best possible job I can.

I don't feel like I've ever done anything - even 'Big Momma's House' - that I didn't really have some desire to do.

You create content because you love it, not necessarily because you're looking for fame or know what it will potentially lead to.

In my short career, I tend not to repeat myself. I have no interest in redoing something. Sometimes that makes people angry, and maybe it's not the best thing for me commercially. But it's the best thing for me artistically, and it's the best thing for my heart.

Career wise, I'm looking into different opportunities to do a TV show, but in some way that's not a goal in itself. To me, the goal is creating content and doing fun stuff that I'm proud to show. I don't want to do a TV show for the sake of doing it.

I'm really an artist. I really do this. I don't need the money. It doesn't matter to me.

I don't make art to make money, I make art so I can make art.

Personally, I experience success when I enjoy what I'm doing. I love the creative process, even if the end result isn't embraced by anyone else.

I'm writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn't an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.

If you enjoyed making a thing, and you’re proud of the thing you made, that’s enough. Not everyone is going to like it, and that’s okay.

I’m not trying to satisfy anybody but myself and the role that I’m playing.

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.

I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it.

All any artist can do is please themselves.