Prithviraj Sukumaran Quotes

The only reason to do a 'SpongeBob' on Broadway is if it's gonna bring something new to the brand, something new to 'SpongeBob,' and also something innovative to theater and to Broadway.

One day I had an idea for a movie. Everything came after that.

I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it's a lot of fun.

One of the things that makes any good entertainment, whether it's a play, drama, comedy, television, film, whatever, is that you feel a certain amount of spontaneity.

Theater is about surprises and things that you haven't seen before on stage.

Be it films or shows or plays, it's the content that matters the most.

I've admired Lawrence master from his choreographer days. I love how he experiments and makes it work. I like his attention to detail and the intrigue in his movies.

I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song.

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.

I don't want there to be a typical episode of 'The Walking Dead.' I want to try to give people different things every week because that's what I dig.

Yeah... I like films, I like movies, I like playing different characters and working with different actors and filming in different places. I like movies because it's kind of a combination of every art: it's like, it's picture, it's story, it's music, it's kind of like a clash and a collide of every art. It's really neat.

Make something new, and define territory that's never been. I fall in love with shows because I've never see that before. I fall in love with new vocabularies.

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

Even if I play a similar role to one I've played before, I will never play it the same, I'll always try to do something different with it.

It's a new game now, you know, you have to bring some fresh stuff.

I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative.

Theater is dangerously open to repetition. It's exciting when you hit on a new way.

Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.

I have to believe everything I write is brand new and I'm writing in this way about these people in a completely new situation for the very first time.

You have to keep surprising your audience.

You have a new audience for every show. Even though you do the same thing all the time, you gotta keep it fresh for yourself, and you gotta keep it good and interesting and something you want to do. I'm anxious to have a really terrific act. Whatever it takes it takes.

I want to give the audience the whole package, and for me, the whole package is to give them something fresh as well. It's not as much fun resting on your laurels.

In the creative industries, there are few things more exciting than a zinger - a thought, idea, line, plot device - anything really, that just totally works in a fundamentally new and fresh way. It's like a uniquely lovely melody or a new taste idea in cooking. Something special, something new, something wonderful. They're also very rare.

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

'Macbeth' is one of the best operas ever, and doing it was a great experience. I added some things to the opera based from my experience on the movie - such as some of the special effects and bits of film - to make it new and interesting. It was a very good work and a very good experience.