Quotes About Artistry

In most films, when we act, we don't see such meanings in what we do. Rather, we don't realise it. Only when we see it as a continuous film later on do we realise such deep meanings. That is the brilliance of the director.

Growing up around British music, you realise how much depth there is to it... my stuff is different to the likes of Pitbull for that reason.

Finally, I've reached a place where if I'm working with an artist, they allow me to just do whatever I feel. Growing up, it was like, 'We want another 'Peaches and Cream.' Then you realise... why would you want a 2001 Mercedes Benz when I'm making 2018 Benzes?

I listen to other people's stuff and, more and more, you realise how much is layered and how many different guitar parts there are.

Only the filmmakers need to realise your potential.

I met a lot of label people at the start of doing this music thing, and I just realised soon that it wasn't much about music but more so about their paycheck at the end of the day.

In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.

I have realised I am a director's actor.

You know, a lot of people have an instinct to downplay the fact that they are performing and be, like, 'There is no theatre here. This is just me playing the songs.' At some point I just realised how much better it could be if you weren't shy about being a performer.

The cinema that interests me departs from realism.

I don't think I'm influencing younger artists - they're not trying to be me. But I don't say that in bitterness. I say that with realism.

The fact is, for all the critics' talk about me as a realist, I'm making everything up - everything. It is all about imagining with me.

The water in 'Life of Pi' is very realistic.

I don't want to do animation to mimic reality. I want to push reality.

Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession.

The real magic is in making the intangible idea, the creative impulse, manifest and live in our reality.

You just can't make bad writing look good. But if you have good writing, you just say it, and it's almost done.

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.

Mainly I love working on good writing.

It actually is as fun to make men's costumes, especially if they are as good-looking as Chris Hemsworth.

With my own cartoon, it was just me being goofy by myself, but when it comes to an animated film, you're working with 45 animators and assistant animators. It's a whole different ballgame.

When I sit down to write, I just let the goose out of the bottle.

I get goosebumps going out on stage every night.

'Miss Saigon' taught me what it means to help carry a big show, and it had some of the most gorgeous songs wrote.