Freddie Wong Quotes

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

I still want to do features, but on my own terms.

Yes, I worked hard to put together an experimental show on a budget of zero. But I was not being exploited by anyone. I was in charge.

I've always wanted to keep my own personal creative space, and do everything myself.

Within the Universal deal, we've always felt like an independent act. We've never been told what to do. We've used their resources to our own design.

I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.

I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.

I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.

Well, since I produce and pay for my own albums, it is the ultimate freedom.

I'll tell you what, I had complete control on 'Unleashed.' I directed, produced, chose the musician, picked the costumes, and everything. I never had anyone saying, 'I don't like this and I don't like that.' The studio, Universal, were easy. It was this weird movie no one cared about.

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.

I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldn't, I didn't do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out don't have.

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.

But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will.

Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.

I like directing myself; I feel like it's one less person to give notes to. There's an efficiency in it. I'm also kind of a control freak. So I like the fact that it gives me more control in the overall picture.

The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.

I need to find a way of retaining creative control.

I started out as an actor but now I act to fund my own productions. I've managed to separate my mindset.

I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.

My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.

I didn't want to wait around for some business entity to come around and give me money and tell me what to do. We just started releasing records as best we could.