Jordan Gavaris Quotes

I'm not a planner. I like to try something different, to just see what happens.

I like not knowing what's around the corner. It's always been that way, and maybe that's one of the reasons why I'm an actor.

There's a certain amount of joy in playing a character in the moment and not knowing what's going to roll out as it goes on. It's a bit like life, in a way.

You can't plan everything - if I did a performance exactly how I rehearsed it, it would be so boring.

My whole life has been one big improvisation.

I've always done very 'composed' music and worked-out solos. But sometimes it's fun not knowing where you're going.

I like to experiment, and my life has been eventful.

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

I'm a big believer in spontaneity.

This band makes sure that we have whole sections of stuff that are free form so that they don't know what we are doing next, that is the fun part of playing. You are playing something that you haven't ever played before.

If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.

So I figured in keeping with the record, I'd do something off the wall which is show up for free and wing it... I don't know, I'm just going to play some songs. I think it'll be fun.

My new toy is not knowing, because it's very creative. I'm the guy who likes to get in the car and get lost.

I love flying by the seat of my pants, going at something instinctually.

When you start a scene, and you don't really know where you're going to go, that's a roller-coaster.

Improv is a disposable art form, but it's kind of freeing in that way, too, because things can fail, and the audience is a little more forgiving.

Spontaneity is everything to me, working without a net.

I like to improvise; I think it's just a healthy thing to do, to keep everything loose and fun.

I'm all about spontaneity. I think it makes for greatness.

I like to think of my life as very spontaneous and new all the time.

I just want to keep doing a bunch of stuff that I don't really plan. I'm so fortunate and lucky that people keep giving me these platforms. Because I'm kind of a crazy person.

The musicians in the band, and myself as a performer, love the risks of the unpredictable and the feeling of jumping off cliffs musically.

What I went into the acting business for was to have a certain amount of chaos in my life. I don't know what I'm doing next. It's exciting. That's the way I like it.

It often feels like a tremendous amount of work is required to get an idea moving forward, like pushing a train uphill. But at a certain point, the thing takes on its own momentum, and takes unexpected turns. So it's that feeling of holding on, rather than pushing it, that is the most exciting thing. It's that need to occasionally bounce off the walls, letting anything happen for any reason, and having nothing to guide you that is the joy.

Sometimes it pays to be a little wild.