Christina Hendricks Quotes

What I enjoy most is doing something I've never done before.

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.

I'm always trying to think of things we haven't done.

I like to try everything, taste everything.

What makes me smile is a movie where I feel like it is dangerous, or there's that fresh idea there. It's about learning and growing and trying new things and tinkering, all of those things that keep you excited. But if you're not nervous, if you're not on that boundary of the unknown, I don't think you're getting better. I think you're kind of sitting back, and I don't think you're advancing the form.

I think I still keep my sense of wonder, which I call childlike, not childish, childlike. I still have a vivid imagination, and I like to try a lot of new things.

You just want to try a bunch of stuff, because you don't know what's going to be great.

Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing, but do not ignore it. One discovery will lead to another, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind, and really big discoveries are the result of thought.

It's good to try stuff. I wrote a book that I threw away, and I think I just wrote it so I could try stuff in it and not be scared

Me and Ma have a deal, we're going to try everything one time so we know what we like.

I am in a space now where I can try anything; and with Pink Floyd we've always been in a space where we were able to try out anything. I think we were very young then and we were very keen to experiment and try things out. It seems to me that this sort of experimenting is like working yourself towards something and trying to find what you like and what you want.

It's always fun to try something new. People think every avenue has been explored on TV, but this has never been done. That, in itself, really excites me.

You have to keep your eyes and heart open - there are always new things to discover, new problems to solve.

So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you're figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it's not worth doing - it's already done. I'm interested in finding people who I think have a voice - and a very specific voice.

It's okay to be kind of looking for what you want and trying out all kinds of different ideas and different course work, etc.

Not judginess, but openness and curiosity are our proper business. I'm still trying to educate myself. I don't think you need to keep rehearsing your instincts. Far better to seek out models of what you can't do.

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

When you work with an actor and then you discover new things that are better, I think you gotta be free to be able to go with the new things that you're finding. I think that's very important. I have a strong idea when I go to shoot a movie but I also love to discover things when I'm on set as well.

Never say never! I'm open to trying new things.

I had to try to figure out what it would be like to do things for the first time, almost as if you're a child.

I like to challenge myself and I like to try new things.

Try it. You don't have to do it ever again if you don't want to. But try it once. Try everything once.

He dared to do what men and women don't even dare to think. And look what he's done already: he's torn open the sky, he's opened the way to another world. Who else has ever done that? Who else could think of it?

I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.

You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things.