Caroline Buchanan Quotes

I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.

There's actually something interesting about having no rehearsal time - you have to just walk in and go with your gut, which is exciting.

Whenever I've done anything where I feel like, 'Oh, it would be smart to do that,' it's always been a mistake. Whenever I do the 'Oh, it would be fun to do that,' it's always paid dividends.

I think I get credit for my timing because most of the time, I really have no idea where I'm going with it.

It's TV: you just have to jump in and just do it. You don't have time to think about it. You don't have time to write a history, which makes it even better. I go with first instincts.

They teach you some things, but football is instinct sometimes. You just get the ball, and sometimes you dribble past three players and pass it; other times, you can shoot from far away. It's just instinct. If you feel something, just do it. I am free to do that.

Your heart and your instincts are far more reliable than your brain. When you follow your heart, you can be sure you won't regret it later. Even if you calculate your every move, it's not like life ever goes according to plan.

I always followed my heart and if my heart said I gotta pack up and go, I'm gone.

I work instinctively. If I like something, I do it.

I'm not a big planner; I decide by intuition.

You've just got to go with your gut feeling.

You have to just go with your imagination, where your instinct takes you.

I didn't think; I experimented.

Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you have to go with don't go back on it.

I think that's the thing I learned at 'Saturday Night Live' - any time I would try and strategize, I would always, always fall on my face. Things worked out when I tried to make it about what I was feeling at that moment and what I was into in that moment of my life.

If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain't - take two!

I choose totally by instinct. And the only time I've ever gone against my instincts, I've regretted it.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

There is a part of your brain that has to stop when you're acting. You have to be in the moment and dare to fly. Words can't be on your mind.

I play purely from the heart, y'know, and so if it doesn't work the first couple of hours, forget it.

I've never been one to carefully calculate my career decisions, to sit on the outside looking in. I go with my passion and what moves me.

I don't really plan. I'm almost intuitive about things.

You know, I just do whatever feels right to me! And so that's what you're gonna get!

I research every part thoroughly. I talk it out with my actor friends, but then I throw it all away when I get to the set. You have to be spontaneous.

I've never had a game plan. It's just if something comes along and it feels right in the moment.