Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

Once in a while, I do these things that would make the 10-year old version of me laugh. I don't know why. You've got to do something a little bit immature. I'm surprised at how often those are my best ideas.

Art is about going a little nuts... Kids do art for fun. It's playing.

As a child, acting just seemed like a natural extension of my love of play - and if you've forgotten how to play, you shouldn't be an actor.

I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it.

Put a picture of yourself as a child in view somewhere, to remind yourself to be playful.

I like the idea of creating from your inner youth. You don't have to think too hard about it. Just make what feels good.

The world is open for play, that everything and everybody is mockable, in a wonderful way.

I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.

Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words that no one else would say.

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

Kids don't plan to play. They don't go: 'Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It's gonna be a three-act.'

Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older.

Sometimes it works. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Hospital'. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Pablo Picasso'. I've been playing a lot lately. I do it as long as I feel like it.

We always have a take that's 'one for fun', so once you've got what you need, you can do what you like. Something does occasionally pop out of that tree. I'm always open to ideas.

As you get older you're told to be sensible, but it's important for writing if you're a comic that you're able to still access that childlike thing.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

Let the little fairy in you fly!

I hope I haven't grown up. The cliche for all artists is that you don't want to lose that child inside. I think when you get sedentary and set in your ways, you can lose a lot of that spontaneity and creativity. I hope I'm holding on to that.

It's such fun to take a lot of people and create something silly.

The best actors, I think, have a childlike quality. They have a sort of an ability to lose themselves. There's still some silliness.

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

Life must be lived as play.

If it seems a childish thing to do, do it in remembrance that you are a child.

I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.