David Spade Quotes

I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff.

I try to steer away from doing something that's just commercial instead of sticking to a good script.

In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure.

Going back to my film education, I always have that voice in my head that's always screaming, 'Sell out!' And that's good: you want that, because it keeps you on your toes, and it's important to remember what's actually important.

I think if you try to tailor your act to anybody, you end up with an act that doesn't work anyway.

I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.

Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.

One of my life philosophies is that you have a choice to make when you're doing something creative. You can be cheesy... or you can be lame.

It's good to please the network, but you really just have to tell the stories you want to tell, and if you try to please other people, it ends up starting to water stuff down. Those decisions we have to make are hard, but we usually just err on the side of 'What would we want to see?'

What happens with artists, or people who start off doing things for the right reasons, is that you slowly start to paint yourself into a corner by doing what people outside of the creative world are asking you to do, and I think that's antithetical to being an artist.

I am completely open to doing a romantic comedy, but I will never do something just for the sake of doing a specific genre or because it's the time or place to do a different type of movie. I think that would be a huge mistake.

I've never put out a song that I wasn't completely proud of and that I didn't love. In that sense, I've never felt like I sold out in any way.

In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not.

I play a certain style. I'm not willing to compromise that part of me.

I really believe in not compromising your art. I feel like I've never compromised my art.

It's not always about huge giant commercial success. It's about art.

It doesn't matter even if I am slow or fast as long as my films are honest and carries my integrity.

I don't see Hollywood as the big enemy, because this is where the money is, and not all of the companies are doing studio movies. I'm not tempted to sell out. If I'm going to become well known, I want it to be for something I'm proud of.

I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right.

I've never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste.

I would rather fall flat on my face than try to just make a quick dollar by making music that fits into the radio format right now. It does nothing for me.

What you're really after when you see a film or listen to a song is a singular vision, and I'm not sure how much of that you really get in Hollywood.

I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.

My concepts are never bright ideas; they're never notions I think will sell or be trendy or attract new fans. I don't think that way. All I can do is sing from my life.

I never want to compromise my act just to get a laugh.