J. K. Simmons Quotes

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

Ben Rome was a perfectionist. He checked every letter that went out to make sure the English was correct.

I don't put nothing out if it's not ready.

I believe in focusing on details.

I do as much as I can. I even drive through the chase scenes several times to make sure the details are right.

I always watch the work I do.

I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good.

I've always been very attentive to detail. It's a characteristic that drives some people crazy. But on the other hand, when people around me are sloppy, that drives me crazy.

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.

I've made a career of being precise.

I measure everything, because I always think that if I've spent so much time making sure this recipe was exactly the way I want it, why would I want to throw things into a pot?

There's no detail too small for me.

I don't like slapdash careless prose, and if I saw myself doing it, I would give up writing altogether.

Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.

It is exactness I aim at, and would not have the least mistake, if possible, pass to the world. If I have unhappily fallen into any, it is through inadvertency only

I do want people to have a sense of just the extreme level of meticulousness and care that goes into everything. I wouldn't expect anybody to catch all the details of what I'm doing. The level of obsession is so extreme.

I'm very meticulous.

Whatever I was going into, whether it was going to be chorus or history or astronomy or whatever, do it right. Be a professional. Don't just do a half baked job. Do everything correctly. Get down. Learn the details of what you're going to do.

I'm real big on making sure everything is right and taking my time.

You have to be just as meticulous on television as on the stage.

I actually think that the dotting of the i's and the crossing of the t's is what separates the United States, the United Kingdom, our allies, from those who we are fighting.

People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.

I never trust anything that can be captured in 2 takes.

I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible.