Matt Damon Quotes

Every actor wants to break out of the box that they put you in and that's where I'm heading, out of the box as fast as I can.

No actor wants to be typecast, so you always want to make good, careful choices.

Be it in the movies I make or on stage, I think it's a trap to keep doing the same thing over and over again.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.

My remit has always been: I want to do something different from the last thing I've done.

If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.

Being an actress, I want to play people that are not like me or the characters I've previously played. It's easier to get roles if you play a certain type of character but I don't want to do that.

What I like is finding new angles on genres.

Signature film-making seems rather dull to me; it's about finding something you can do something with and running with the ball.

I do not want myself to be restricted to a pigeonholed kind of filmmaker.

I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn't stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range.

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.

I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

Now I don't want to feel cornered as an actor, because I've got a wider range than that.

I want to do everything I can possibly do to step outside the box.

I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory.

A new medium always has a period when it is struggling inside the confining box of an earlier medium. Creators have to unlearn what they knew before they can see the fresh, uncharted vistas stretching before them.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

I'm so happy people are seeing the eclectic side of me. I'm really honored to be able to push my voice into different sounds. Otherwise it all gets a bit samey same.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others.

I've had a lot of folks tell me that my songs weren't quite country because they didn't really sound like anybody that had come along and done it before me. I felt a little out of place for a while.

Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you.