genre quotes

No, I can’t do rap music!

I don’t want to make niche-oriented music.

I leave the genre labeling to other people. I really do. If I were to think too hard about it, that would stifle you creatively. If you think too hard about who other people want you to be as an artist, it stops you from being who you want to be as an artist.

I never wanted to stay in one genre; I never wanted to be pigeon-holed or defined as the actor who only worked in one genre. I want to be able to work in all different genres. For me it’s fun, and that’s how I grow as an actor.

I’m not Russell Crowe. I’m not going to do a period piece.

To all the musicians, to the Academy, with all due respect, reggaeton is part of our Latin culture. And its representing as much as any other genre at the worldwide level.

There is good and mediocre writing within every genre.

It is no surprise that animation is Hollywood’s most successful and innovative genre.

Funk, I don’t think I have anything to do with funk. I’ve never considered myself funky.

It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational – and I’m speaking the written science fiction, not ‚Star Trek.‘ Science fiction writers tend to fill their books if they’re clever with little bits of interesting stuff and real stuff.

You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it’s been something I’ve been trying to do if I can in the career so far, and it’s something I hope to continue because it’s interesting to me and you get to do different things as an actor.

So there’s nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who’s cool hates – and then making it cool.

I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.