Connor Franta Quotes

I have always tried to work according to what affects me, to a script that I like because it touches me in some way, without deliberately pursuing a commercial career or a particular image.

I'm selfish, I think. I think an artist has to be. I'm not worried about what people think. I play the parts that I find interesting. It'd bother me more to be just pigeonholed into doing what people think is ethical or that's boring to me. I don't pick parts with that in mind, I just find interesting stories. If it's interesting to me, then I do it.

Don't dance for the audience; dance for yourself.

I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.

I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

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.

The way I choose projects is based on what I think is most real and most interesting, not on what's paying the most money or what's most popular.

I only make those films that I would love to watch.

People need to be true to themselves, and if entertaining and content-creating is something that does not come naturally and is really difficult, they should find something they are passionate about and love and do that instead.

I'm very selfish. I make music that I love because I only live once, and I'm an artist. I don't try to revolt against anybody, and I don't try to please anybody. I feel very strongly that I if love it, someone else will love it - not everybody, though.

I do what I do because I love it. I'd never really been into the celebrity side of it, so if I've got nothing to talk about, I'd just rather not be seen at all.

Love what you do, or don't do it. Don't make a choice of any kind, whether in career or in life, just because it pleases others or because it ranks high on someone else's scale of achievement...Make the choice to do something because it engages your heart as well as your mind. Make the choice because it engages all of you.

We don't have to live up to the expectations of others. Passion is personal. As long as our passion is fueled with the right stuff then keep on plodding forward. I'll never be Mark Twain or Tom Clancy. But that's okay, because neither of them could teach you to mix a boundless number of grays, or where to place the catch light in a portrait.

I just want to produce and create projects that I'm passionate about and I love.

I'm just excited that I get to put out the music I love versus music just for the sake of it.

And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.

I'm just looking for projects I enjoy.

Don't write your books for people who won't like them. Give yourself wholly to the kind of book you want to write, and don't try to please readers who like something different.

Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.

I write what I'm interested in.

I've always said in my career and in my life I only do things I'm interested in.

I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.

I, in the end, make art for myself.