Genre Avoidance Quotes

I don't read thrillers, romance or mystery, and I don't read self-help books because I don't believe in shortcuts and loopholes.

I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion.

I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre.

I like westerns, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic novels, thrillers, and I try to avoid the word 'genre' altogether. A good book is a good book.

I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them.

I'm staying in my wheelhouse, not making any romantic comedies in a hurry.

I spent the first part of my career trying to avoid genre because I felt like genre, in some way, was cliche.

To be honest, I never really had watched much sci-fi.

If I'm desperate, I'll read anything. But even when I can be choosy, I still have no hard-and-fast rules. I have rules about what I won't read, rather than what I will. No science fiction, no romance, no chick lit. Although even these rules can be broken.

My goal is to try to avoid a genre.

I have never considered doing action films.

I've always tried to stay away from playing Jews. I get like 20 Holocaust scripts a month, but I hate the genre.