William Hurt Quotes

The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.

I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That was never anything I set out to do. In fact, the opposite, I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.

My comfort zone is like a little bubble around me, and I've pushed it in different directions and made it bigger and bigger until these objectives that seemed totally crazy eventually fall within the realm of the possible.

There's no point stepping up to the golden platform if you're going to repeat yourself.

Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.

When I started, my teachers told me that I had to sing 'Mozart, Mozart, Mozart.' I said, 'No, I want to sing all the other stuff.' If you do not push yourself, you will stay the same. Maybe some singers are happy with that, but I have to move, I have to do something new always.

I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.

I've always been curious and taken many risks, but that is quite atypical for a woman. On the other hand, I think that's the only way to grow beyond yourself.

I am constantly trying to push my boundaries and break the mould that has been made for leading actresses, and it is such great fun.

For me, I just like new challenges.

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I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

When you are pushing yourself to not go back to the same well, you're gonna come up with something different, or you'll find songs that are different.

As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.

Obviously, I'm still building a name and reputation for myself. The stigmas that come with my past will remain there for quite some time, but I'm not afraid to challenge those things, and I never have been.

People who avoid the brick walls - all power to ya, but we all have to hit them sometimes in order to push through to the next level, to evolve.

Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.

You have to always work against what you did before, and even against your taste.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

I love a challenge, and I love challenging people's preconceptions.

I don't normally do shoots in bikinis - I'm just not that kind of girl. But for 'Maxim' I was like, 'Bring it on!' I wanted to wear the higher heels and the skimpier bathing suit. I figured I'd go for it!

I think you're always trying to challenge yourself to do new things and not repeat yourself.

Pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable - to me, that's something I'm definitely interested in and want to pursue.

If a musician dares to get out of the box he's been put in, people get confused. They want people where they can find them! I am fortunate in some respects as I've always been known as someone who 'moves around' and tries different things. But generally, we are supposed to stay where we're put.