Free time is the enemy of progress Casey Neistat More Quotes by Casey Neistat More Quotes From Casey Neistat To make a movie, and we can call it a movie or we can call it a piece of art, to make a movie that has that much mass appeal what it is? What is it that makes kids in China want to see that movie [ 'Avatar'] and makes my dad want to see that movie. Casey Neistat dadkidsart I saw 'Avatar' in the theater eight times and I got booed for it. I'm totally serious. First of all, I love that movie. I totally love that movie, but nothing intrigues me more than the fact that it made like $2.7 billion and so how many people had to see it for it to make that much money. Casey Neistat eightsawspeople That for me is what intrigues me the most about feature films. It's not like the little kind of esoteric projects that you and your friends get but how do you make something that has a universal appeal. Those are the movies that intrigue me the most. Casey Neistat esoterickindlittles For me, when we came out with a TV show, my HBO show, so much of the feedback was, "How do I do it?" And my response was always the same: "Just make something." Stop talking about it. You do in a way that the work takes on a life of its own. Like the "Signature" series [(2008), in which the artist trekked across the United States in the shape of his own signature] was a simple concept that became this story about the people you met along the way. Casey Neistat artistsimplepeople I'm definitely curious about what the new iPhone and it's video editing capabilities will lend to that. Casey Neistat iphonevideoediting My son is about ninety nine percent of my life. Casey Neistat ninety-ninepercentson Then HBO was the pie in the sky. HBO is the absolute ultimate. Casey Neistat hbopiesky I'm naturally inclined to want to be funny and make people laugh, and that's what I want to do with my life. I also want to do it on an intelligent level. I want to kill the clown but I also want to preserve the comedian. Casey Neistat intelligentlaughingpeople That is where real innovative spirit comes from, i wanted it to be about technology and that’s why I started Beme. Casey Neistat latest-headlines That kind of entrepreneurial thinking… that kind of innovator’s thinking, just doesn’t really mesh necessarily with a larger entity like a [CNN parent company] Turner, that was where a lot of the struggles came from. Casey Neistat latest-headlines Top-heaviness is not something that is conducive to a startup environment. Casey Neistat latest-headlines I think what I wanted it to be and what they wanted it to be didn’t exactly look the same. Casey Neistat latest-headlines I couldn’t find answers. I would sort of disappear, and I would hide, and I would make YouTube videos for my channel because at least I would be able yield something, i don’t think I’m giving CNN what I want to give them, and I don’t think they’re getting value from me. Casey Neistat latest-headlines I genuinely don’t feel YouTube does enough to take care of and look after their community. Casey Neistat tech I f**king hate ads. Casey Neistat us For traditional marketers, and traditional advertising, it is a really scary place to be. And then for the influencers, the individuals who are the mouthpiece for it, it’s a really frightening position to be in because you have this big fat check in front of you and oftentimes you can be asked to compromise your value or your integrity to pay the rent. Casey Neistat us Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent. Casey Neistat willyoupersistenceendurance I am so disappointed in Apple. I don't even use an iPhone anymore. Their marketing sucks. It's embarrassing. It's just garbage. Casey Neistat iphoneapplei-amgarbage Ideas are cheap. Ideas are easy. Ideas are common. Everybody has ideas. Ideas are highly, highly overvalued. Execution is all that matters. Casey Neistat mattersexecutioneasyideas I don't keep an ongoing dribble of updates of my day, but I tell little compartmentalized stories every day on Snapchat. I use it much more like making a movie than maintaining a diary. When people watch my 60-second clips, there's a beginning, middle, and end. Casey Neistat endbeginningdaypeople
