Sean Bean Quotes

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.'

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

I like to try and be outside of the box or do things that other people aren't doing.

I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.

More or less, I am always saying, 'Let's do what has not been done.'

Whatever you do, don't play it safe. Don't do things the way they've always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you'll never accomplish more than others expect.

I always like doing things that no one's ever done before. Doing things a little out of the ordinary.

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.

You know that I'm always a proponent of doing things differently.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it!

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.

I always do something that I've never done before.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.

You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

I like doing things that are different, unexpected, and where I feel that either the role feels like a natural fit for me or it's a really big swing that I don't know if I'm going to connect on.

Originality is dangerous.

I like to surprise myself. I've always been attracted to projects where I don't know how they're going to turn out.

I think probably with any performer, but maybe with rock music especially, the audience wants to see the singer being real, and exploring, and not doing a rehearsed routine, so I'm just constantly looking for new things to try. I'm really curious out there, and my curiosity has led me into all kinds of bizarre situations.