Jeffrey Dean Morgan Quotes

There is always a reverence issue, and I'm no different from any audience member that if someone's adapting a book or comic that I like, I really don't want them to screw it up.

I don't want to do something that's watered down. I don't want to take what I'm known for and dilute it.

If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal.

Suzanne Collins, it was such a big thing for me to make the handshake with her and to say, 'You can trust me. I will not screw up your books. And I won't let them be diluted and softened. And I won't let them be exploited and made guilty of the sins that are being commented on in the books.' I take that really seriously.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.

The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.

I believe in commitment. I believe in being open and trusting each other and respecting each other completely.

Once you lose the honesty in a relationship, I mean, I think you don't have a relationship at all.

We never go overboard and above people's heads. We strive to retain that energy, that spirit we've always had. We feel the more simple and original something is, the better.

And I don't want people to think that I make movies based on other films.

I been me from day one, I'm not 'bout to start acting different, talking different, treating people different, or looking different.

High reputation beats high similarity.

For me, honesty is a huge thing, and loyalty, when it comes to relationships.

Transparency is one of our core principles, We treat the food with integrity. We don't commodify it beyond recognition.

Loyalty is important to me.

I always felt in my band and in the pop-rock format that I wasn't weird enough, that I wasn't standing out enough. Wearing things to get people's attention - I didn't want to do any of that. I didn't want to compromise myself.

I want to be unique and original and truthful.

Audiences are embracing more and more unique material. I think they can sense the cynicism when people are just cranking something out to try to ride off the success of something else. I think they can feel it.

I wouldn't disrespect myself or my art with any imitations.

Don't try to be original; just try to be good.

Whatever I do might be good, it might be bad, it might be all sorts of things, but it's not mediocre.

Try to find your individuality, your integrity, and make the effort of not compromising. Because the more you compromise, the less you are an individual. You are only a cog in the wheel, just a part in the vast mechanism, just a small part of the mob - not an individual in your own beauty, in your own right. I am absolutely against compromise. Death is far more beautiful than a life of compromise.

Be who you are. If you spend all of your time worrying about how people view you, you will not be either faithful to yourself or effective in what you're trying to do.