Impactful Projects Quotes

The core of what I do is solve problems, whether that's in graphic engine flow or rockets. I like working on things that are going to have an impact one way or the other.

I always try to pick and choose projects that will be impactful to someone. From films like 'Clockers' to playing a doctor on 'ER' to doing '8 Mile,' where I'm in charge of the hip-hop battles, I think it affects all kinds of different audiences. And I just try to keep that in mind, to keep people entertained.

What's cool is when people send me messages or tag me in their photos, which definitely happens more after a project comes out. The best part, I think, is that the DMs and tags are always from young girls, and reaching them is the most important thing for me.

You spend a lot of time studying, and you want to do something with that. Something that's tangible, like creating a show, writing a screenplay, making a difference.

I owe a lot to my time on 'House of Cards' because, up until I booked that show, I had been working consistently for 12 years, but I wasn't working on anything that mattered in the way 'House of Cards' did to its audience, to casting directors, to directors and producers. The show hit this sweet spot.

I only want to be involved in projects that have a very good and important message.

You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

I'm thrilled I got to work with James Ponsoldt, who is going to make his mark on this industry.

People don't want to just make stuff. They want to make stuff with purpose.

I try to pick interesting projects, the kind of projects that I would want to watch.

I do try to do high-impact work, and I try to think of ideas people haven't thought about that have broad implications, but I don't restrict myself to that. I try to work on things that I find interesting.

Ever since I did 'Hamilton' I'm really specific with the projects that I choose and the characters I choose and how they're portrayed. I was meaningful with my craft before, but I think after doing something that can change people, the direction in how I go within this business has changed too.

I'm always sort of looking for projects that I can sort of put out into the world, into the public sphere, and to somehow cause an effect. I want to be able to create projects that sort of are going to make people think and think in this sort of magical, sort of fantastical way.

I want to work on impactful projects.

We work on things that really matter.

What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.

There's no greater honor, as an actor, to be a part of a project that changes lives, and awakens and enlightens and entertains.

I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play interesting characters. That's really it.

Great people want to work on things that matter. Inevitably, a great person working on imaginary work will turn into an unsatisfied person.

For my career, I want to be able to do projects that have serious context to them or that make me grow as a person and an artist after the experience.

I'm not really the type that likes to put out a project just to say I've put it out - I like to make them count.

I've had some really wonderful opportunities in my career, 'Band of Brothers' being one of them. That's material that can really make a difference, but I don't think of that going into it - at least not consciously.

I want to go places where there are really well-meaning people doing work that is interesting and seems to really matter and where everybody looks like at least once a day they have a really good laugh.