Haris Pasovic Quotes

There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.

One thing I liked about 'Silver Bell' is that I barely knew how to play in the tuning I was writing in, and I just went for it anyway.

I ask all my actors to do two things: I ask them to fail for me, and I ask them to surprise me.

When you think 'Peaky Blinders,' when it first began it got mixed reviews and people didn't know what to do with it, and it was like: 'Why is there modern music on this?' So I think whenever you do something different you're going to get that response.

There is an inherent creative restlessness at Laika where we always want to challenge ourselves.

I think comics do need permission to fail. I think comics do need permission to go up and try stuff.

Defying genre conventions is instantly a risky move.

I think that we, as writers, get excited by risk. When we are feeling comfortable and familiar, I wouldn't say that we get bored, but the energy in the room gets flat. When we're most excited and when the show is the most fun, it's when we're duking things out.

If movies have to satisfy every possible quadrant before they're even made, they're dull. You only get great things when people overreach themselves.

Making art is nothing but risk, always. If it's not risk, it's no good.

I tell a lot of young performers, 'Go get in trouble. Go commit yourself to something you're not sure you can do.' And I followed my own advice.

I never imagined myself doing a one-man show. If I'm going to do one, I'd rather do one that breaks all the rules.

I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.

When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get it something with those qualities that make it age well with the public.

It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.

It's true with fashion, acting, anything: Make sure it's timeless, but at the same time, there's got to be a little hint of risk.

We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.

I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet shorts - I just want to keep being lucky enough to entertain people anyway I can. I try never to limit my art to a medium.

Audacity is central to everything I do. A lot of times I think my work is about just seeing if I can get away with it.

I'm not an artist, and I want to take risks, and when the possibility of failure occurs, it's because the idea is all exciting or interesting as a high wire act, and sometimes you've got to fall off, just by virtue of the fact that you're constantly trying to evolve and do new things.

I'm an artist, and I like the risk - I'm not in it for the sure things.

I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances.

When I do short films, I try to do something completely out of my comfort zone, out of my element.

Theater is dangerously open to repetition. It's exciting when you hit on a new way.

We're not afraid of risking what was our success yesterday in order to explore some new field. We're adventurous. We like the challenge of unknown territory, unknown artistic field, and that's what stimulates us.