“Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at the time. It is amenable to startling creativity of the kind practiced by great artists, directors, writers, musicians, actors, who know how to touch a chord in humans everywhere.” KnowsHumansKindArtistActorsCreativityKnow HowHuman NatureDirectorsMusicianTendenciesTrendsPredictionsGreat ArtChordsGreat ArtistPrevailingAmenable Author:Maurice Saatchi
“The process of creativity and life is one of death and rebirth, that's constantly happening over and over again. Whether it's an actual death or just a shift in perspective, that cycle is forever continuing. As an actor and person, that's just something you have to accept.” PersonsLife IsActorsProcessAcceptingCreativityForeverPerspectiveHappeningsCyclesContinuingRebirthDeath And Rebirth Author:Seth Gabel
“I'd been an actor my whole life, since I was a kid. And then, I quit for awhile and went to university. When I wanted to start acting again, I couldn't get a job, and that was really depressing. So, I realized, at that time, that I have to take responsibility for my own creativity.” WholeKidsWantedJobsActorsMy OwnActingResponsibilityCreativityUniversityI RealizedWhole LifeQuittingDepressingTaking ResponsibilityI QuitReally Depressing Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I think your text [script] is everything; it's what informs you; it's what gives you the given circumstances. Then you take that and you add your own creativity and your own spin on things and you make it personal. That's what makes that character and that text unique to you, when you personalize it. I think that's where your job as an actor comes in.” ThinkingGivingCharacterJobsActorsGivenCreativityCircumstancesUniqueAddScripts Author:Matt Bomer
“Growing up and being a kid, I knew that creativity was at the heart of what I wanted to do. I always had this feeling of wanting to be a comedian and wanting to be an actor.” HeartFeelingsKidsWantedActorsCreativityGrowing UpGrowingComedianBeing A Kid Author:Chris Gethard
“Being singer is different than being an actor, where you call up sources from your own experience that you can apply to whatever Shakespeare drama you're in. But an actor is pretending to be somebody, a singer isn't. And that's the difference. Singers today have to sing songs where there's very little emotion involved. That and the fact that they have to sing hit records from years gone by doesn't leave a lot of room for any kind of intelligent creativity.” YearsKindLittlesDifferentFactsTodaySongActorsDifferencesRoomsEmotionCreativityGoneRecordsSourceInvolvedDramaIntelligentSingersPretendingYears Gone By Author:Bob Dylan
“I love to sing. I don't think it's strange for singers to act, or painters to sculpt. I don't want to ever feel like I'm cornered into one expression of creativity because I'm successful at making films or being an actor. I guess it's best to not paint yourself into that corner.” ThinkingWantFeelsFilmActorsCreativitySuccessfulStrangeExpressionPaintCornersSingersPainterCornered Author:Scarlett Johansson
“I was an actor when I was a teenager and it could have been the direction that I headed in. But music and my relationship with music is quite deep, and it really is the nucleus of my creativity. So I gave up acting so I could pursue music fully, and I never thought about really going back. And then [director] Lee Daniels met me and wanted to work with me, and that's how it started.” Has BeensWantedActorsActingCreativityMetsDirectorsMusic IsPursueTeenagerCould Have BeenGave UpNucleus Author:Lenny Kravitz
“Actors, writers, directors - that triumvirate of creativity - we have to rely and trust each other to be able to get to the final product.” AbleActorsCreativityProductsDirectorsFinalsRely Author:Bryan Cranston
“An improv artist's best instrument is their ability keep their antennae clean so they're able to receive what I call the connection to creativity. It's the thing that you see in any amazing moment that any human being is performing. Whether it's watching Michael Jordan navigating through all these attackers and then suddenly rising up and putting the ball in the most amazing way, or watching an actor on stage playing Shakespeare, but not thinking about the actor anymore or the stage or you or the chair, any of these kinds of moments of transcendence.” ThinkingWayHumansKindMomentsAbleArtistActorsHuman BeingsAbilityCreativityStageConnectionsBallsInstrumentsCleanPerformingRisingChairsTranscendenceJordanMost AmazingRising Up Author:Reggie Watts
“As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.” ThinkingWritingTwoStoriesCertainPassionActorsAbilityRoomsCreativityNovelAmountSkillsShort StoryStamina Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got.” WorldGivingArtArtistActorsAttentionCreativityCreativeSelfishContributionCheatBad AssCreative WorkCreative PersonArtists And CreativitySelfish Acts Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles