Jeffrey Wright Quotes

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

I keep looking for things I haven't done yet.

When I'm making stuff, the thing that excites me most is not the result, but the process and trying to do something I've never done before.

If people like Edison had waited to make every - or Ben Franklin or some of those people had waited to solve every problem on Earth before they did their research or before they were curious about doing something new, we'd never have made a lot of the progress we have.

I like to keep doing something new and different so people can't say I'm doing the same thing all the time. I like to challenge myself.

I worked very hard not to have average days. I never do the same thing twice.

It's important to keep challenging myself and try to come up with some new face every now and again.

I think I've always been slightly addicted to not repeating myself. When you're doing something the first time around, it's often the best time. I think 'Blank Project' is about carrying on. Its that thing where you're making something because you have to, but you don't know how or why.

I always wanted to be that guy who pushed the envelope in all kind of ways and tried something new. When I keep that rule going, it always takes me to a new place. There are times when I fail miserably, but I always find myself knowing one more thing better, doing one more thing that I never did before.

I try to find more interesting material with each project I do.

I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.

I'm older and wiser, but I still dream of doing new things and creating new things.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

I believe if you are not rediscovering yourself and pushing boundaries, then you are not alive.

I always want to do - take everything and take it to the next step. I don't want to just keep doing something the same ol' thing. Obviously, I could have wrote 'Mother' 20 times and made tons of money and be playing gigantic arenas and whatever, but that's not really what I want to do.

I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.

I'm always looking for something new to do.

I'm big on showing people versatility. I'm constantly trying to push myself to break barriers and the idea that we have to stay in one lane.

I want to keep experimenting and trying to change my game.