Olivia Wilde Quotes

Satisfying myself is the point in filmmaking, in my mind.

All any artist can do is please themselves.

It was important that I got my own voice out there in the world. I'd used it on other people's films, collaborated, and I thought, 'You know, I can do this myself.' That was more important than anything else.

At the end of the day I have to please myself. And I've made a record to please myself.

If I'm creating something for myself, then I want to have fun.

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'm the happiest when I'm in the studio, not on a beauty parade.

I think as long as you're being creative and finding your own work interesting, that's all that matters.

With my designs and my ideas, I want to please myself first.

I don't make films for other people; I make films for me.

Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.

When I get to do whatever I want, I'm perfectly happy. I've found that the best scenario is that I just do what I do, and if somebody wants to be part of it, they should work as a conduit for what vision I have. They should help me complete the universe.

I'm in control of my musical career, which means more than awards and record sales. And that freedom is exactly what my dad fought for, too.

Acting is a job of permission. Someone has to give you permission to do it. But I have started to be like, 'I only want to do things that I want to do,' and writing has afforded me the luxury.

The process of writing and creating and answering that very unique call inside yourself has nothing to do with agents and sales and all that stuff.

We are so grateful we are given the chance and the freedom to do what we want, what we want to create, what's on our mind, and that's honestly what we asked for in the beginning of our career.

I never thought in terms of a "breakthrough" film. I wasn't looking for fame or a career path into Hollywood. I was doing it for myself. I just wanted to make a film that I really loved. If other people liked it, great. But you can never guess what other people are going to like.

I’m not trying to satisfy anybody but myself and the role that I’m playing.

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.

You don't always just have to do an indie movie to feel like you're controlling it with a few people that you really have connected with, creatively. You can do it on a bigger scale.

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

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us.

I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.

I needed freedom to really express myself. That's really what Justified is about.

It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting myself, such as putting myself in a little jail that I can escape from.