Quotes About Autonomy

I had my own mind made up in that I was going to do my own thing. I wasn't going to copy from this guy or that guy.

Sometimes I get very dressed up just to go to the corner for some bread; I dress for my own amusement.

Command-and-control isn't the kind of corporate culture people want to be in anymore.

Growing up, I was always wearing my brother's hand-me-downs, so nothing ever fit me. I told myself whenever I have my own money and my own choice with what I get to wear, it's always going to fit me correctly.

Nothing costs more than the loss of freedom.

I don't want to sit until I'm 90 with people running around after me. I'm not one for sitting on the couch.

I never ask anyone else's opinion. They don't count.

It would be counterproductive to tell people exactly what they are supposed to do and exactly how they are supposed to do it to a point where they become more concerned about your expectations than about completing their work in a quality way.

When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.

I had my hair down for a long time. I shaved my head, you know, a couple of years ago. And, then, I started to wear my hair short, and I thought that was cool. But, at the same time, I never want to put rules down on me and say, 'OK, I do this for this and this for that.' I just don't like rules. I don't.

I believe couples should have separate bedrooms.

Not everything has to be a couples' event.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you.

I don't ever want to be carried off the court.

Every actor craves choice.

I've got more creative control when I do music.

I need to find a way of retaining creative control.

I just do things that I'm interested in making and work with the people I'm interested in working with, and it's very important for me to maintain the creative control because, otherwise, I just don't want to do it.

I enjoy being in control, having a lot of creative control.

With everything I do, I'm 100 percent involved. I don't really let anyone just take over and hear what's going to go on. I like to have full creative control, pretty much, and really be involved with everything.

I get to do my own thing with music. I get to write the songs and sing the songs. As an actor, you have to do what someone else tells you to do and say someone else's words. And you're limited by the way you look and music is just more rewarding creatively for me.

I've never worked for a show or was on a show where I didn't have a lot of control creatively, but then again, I haven't worked on a lot of shows.

I am not God, but I am my creator.

Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty to create their shows.