Reinventing Quotes

It`s been very important for me to stick to the tone. I feel so reverential to the first two (movies), I`m not reinventing anything that`s already been done.

I found the right man, got married, and just had to keep not reinventing myself, just deciding that it doesn`t matter what you are if you are a good person.

What I look for in a script is something that challenges me, something that breaks new ground, something that allows me to flex my director muscle. You have got to think fast in this business, you`ve got to keep reinventing yourself to stay on top.

Being an actor gives you a chance to play all kinds of roles, very moving and dramatic on one project, silly and girlish on another. That`s the most interesting thing out this business, you get to keep reinventing yourself.

I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.

You have to work hard at reinventing yourself, so you have to choose new people who push you, ... Ben Hillier has brought a whole new dynamic to the group which is quite inspiring. It`s better being in Depeche Mode now than it has been for 15 years.

On the best and worst part about playing a Star Trek captain: "The best thing was simply the privilege and the challenge of being able to take a shot at the first female captain, transcending stereotypes that I was very familiar with. (I was) able to do that in front of millions of viewers. That was a remarkable experience - and it continues to resonate. The downside of that is also that it continues to resonate, and threatens to eclipse all else in one`s long career if one does not up the ante and stay at it, in a way that may not ordinarily be necessary. I have to work at changing and constantly reinventing myself in a way that probably would not have happened had Star Trek not come along. I knew that going in, and I think that all of the perks attached to this journey have been really inexpressively great. So the negatives are small." (Sept/Oct 2006, Star Trek Magazine issue #1)

Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire.