Declan Donnelly Quotes

Everyone is trying to do something that hasn't been done and that's a really good thing. You can only do so much with a story and some scripts don't give you the opportunities and other scripts do give you the opportunities to do things that haven't been done before.

Pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable - to me, that's something I'm definitely interested in and want to pursue.

And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.

The greatest of the greats wouldn't be the greatest of the greats if they didn't try stuff, you know what I mean?

The thing I'm most proud of about - not all of our movies, but a lot of our movies - is that you might love 'em, you might hate 'em, but most of the time, they're trying to be different or trying new things, which I think is really important.

I think a lot of people are too safe in the makeup industry.

U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing.

What all my years in improvisation taught is that - if you're going to grow as a performer - you have to try some new things. You've got to be willing to take a few risks.

When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected.

I'm a big believer in pushing things too far and forcing people to pull you back.

You don't know what the country is ready for unless you're pushing that envelope, and I was told that I couldn't develop 'Will and Grace'.

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

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

I want to try everything I can; I want to push my boundaries and experiment with characters and genres that I have yet to try.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

It was actually the enormous risks I took with my pictures, skating right up to the edge of non-acceptance, that paid off so handsomely.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

If a musician dares to get out of the box he's been put in, people get confused. They want people where they can find them! I am fortunate in some respects as I've always been known as someone who 'moves around' and tries different things. But generally, we are supposed to stay where we're put.

'Skins' had been a brilliant breeding ground for young actors, young directors and young writers. It was a safe environment to experiment; it tried new things, and it was an amazing time and amazing to be part of it.

My view is that you have to take risks. Not everything is going to work out, but it's sort of the fun of fashion, right?

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

I've sort of made a reputation by high-stepping my way out of genre. As soon as somebody says, 'He does this,' I'm not standing there anymore.

Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea. What the theater lacks is that kind of courage.

People criticize you for trying new things. I think, 'I'm new! I'm 22!' I don't know exactly what my sound is or what I want my album to sound like, so I'm not releasing it yet. While I'm experimenting, I'll let you in on the journey, and you can hear it for free.