Quotes About Originality

I always say that I'm a filmmaker, not a factory. I don't have to churn out films every six months.

The bands that do well don't get caught up in fads; they are just true to themselves.

I don't go looking for new fads.

I'd much rather fail than do something like 'The Chorus Line' movie, sanitized and Hollywoodized.

If the idea is really new and unique and big, other people will all think it is bad and is going to fail.

Whenever I have tried to write for other people, that's when my writing has failed, when nobody wanted to read it or buy it. But it's only when I've been able to write a story that makes me excited, only then have other people wanted to read it.

How many remakes are really successful? From 100, 98 are failures. That's because those films are remade without taking into consideration the sensibilities of the audience. I don't do that.

There's nothing fake about me. And I think there are some people that appreciate that. Even if they hate me, they appreciate the fact that I'm 100 percent authentically me.

I am myself a fabulous fake.

How many fake Drakes are there? How many fake Migos are there?

I'm not too good at being fake or being somebody else.

I hate the expression, 'I'm not fake.'

You can fake a lot of stuff, but you can't fake if the story isn't there and if the writing isn't good.

There are an awful lot of bands out there doing our old act. An awful lot of fake moustaches and underwhelming performances.

When a lot of people think about how to be business-savvy as an artist, they think about how to brand themselves. At the end of the day, that stuff doesn't really help you. People know when you're being fake.

I don't want to be fake.

Being fake will never get you anywhere.

I didn't want to admit that I was falling into a cliche.

Creativity is not about the fame.

In writing, I've found, playing it safe and familiar is no way to energize anybody.

I love finding ways to make familiar characters into someone unique.

From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing.

I want to be the first person to animate bags - everything done for handbags bores me to tears - I want to make it more playful.

If you listen to Tears for Fears, they had great melodies and less rigid cut-and-paste.