Quotes About Artistry

I present, I direct, I act - I do all these things and I live inside this wonderful bubble called entertainment.

All my artist buddies make fun of me for being such a sensitive human being.

Making a record's really hard. You deal with the money stuff - you never have the budget you need. You're working with so many egos.

We never thought 'Boyhood' was ever gonna become Oscar-considered. Our shooting budget was $2.8m for 12 years. Altogether. I didn't know if anyone would see it or appreciate it.

I have done serious roles in various films including 'Budget Padmanabhan,' 'Thaththi Thavudhu Manasu,' among others.

Mainstream or budget films don't matter to me. What matters is the script, the director and the part, not necessarily in that order though.

I've always said from starting off, 'I don't mind if I'm in a big budget film or a huge play or something small in London playing for 50 people, as long as I'm doing what I love doing for a living.'

As long as you keep your budgets small, there's a way of making films.

I always struggle to get Aussies on stuff if I'm just being honest. I've asked heaps of Aussies to do duets and it's always just a pain in the bum and I just don't bother any more.

We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs.

It's not that I don't want to be famous. It's just that I don't feel like the burden of responsibility on selling a film should be on the actors.

I love to get on stage and burn it up.

Doing 'Hedwig' was so hard that I kind of burned out on acting.

All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.

I am not a businessman, I am an artist.

I grew up the son of a businessman. And I didn't get into music to be a businessman.

I'm not an artist: I'm a businesswoman. Well, maybe an artist/businesswoman.

As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.

Stand up for yourself and fight for your right to be the artist that you want to be. There's plenty of pressure from outside; people tell you how to dress and how to sing or what to sing, but I always felt like if I'm going to fail or succeed, I want to do it on my own terms.

This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal.

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.

I never assume success or crave it. I make what I love and then share it with everyone.

We're not pop stars. Living with success is a job; it's the music that's dear to us.

To me, success has already happened. I get to make records and live doing that. Success is that.