--- title: "12 Want Original Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Want Original quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Want Original sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/tishuan-scott-69242_care_i-don-t-care-for-remakes-there-s-soooo-m_1996314.jpg" --- > [I don't care for remakes. There's soooo much undiscovered material out there; old and new. I want to be original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tishuan-scott/i-don-t-care-for-remakes-there-s-soooo-much-undiscovered-material-out/) [Tishuan Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tishuan-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/tishuan-scott-69242_care_i-don-t-care-for-remakes-there-s-soooo-m_1996314.jpg) > [If you want to be original just try being yourself, because God has never made two people exactly alike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/if-you-want-to-be-original-just-try-being-yourself-because-god-has/) [Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/bernard-meltzer-31704_alike_if-you-want-to-be-original-just-try-bein_653124.png) > [There's always the trick with anything what's a remake. Like how much do you want to make that is brand new and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-zombie/there-s-always-the-trick-with-anything-what-s-a-remake-like-how-much/) [Rob Zombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-zombie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/rob-zombie-2937_brand-new_there-s-always-the-trick-with-anything-w_605277.jpg) > [I pretty much draw the line when people want you to do original music for commercials.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-meloy/i-pretty-much-draw-the-line-when-people-want-you-to-do-original-music/) [Colin Meloy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-meloy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/colin-meloy-16622_commercials_i-pretty-much-draw-the-line-when-people_1842116.png) > [Oh, well, if you want original conversations, you'd better go and talk to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/oh-well-if-you-want-original-conversations-you-d-better-go-and-talk/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/george-bernard-shaw-68_communication_oh-well-if-you-want-original-conversatio_2949018.png) > [I want to see the original long-form certificate of Donald Trump's Republican registration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-want-to-see-the-original-long-form-certificate-of-donald-trump-s/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/703/rand-paul-606_certificates_i-want-to-see-the-original-long-form-cer_2690719.jpg) > [You never want to have a movie be derivative, because that's the worst if you ask me. I always want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dylan-mcdermott/you-never-want-to-have-a-movie-be-derivative-because-that-s-the-worst/) [Dylan McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dylan-mcdermott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/dylan-mcdermott-13907_ask-me_you-never-want-to-have-a-movie-be-deriva_535978.jpg) > [Maybe you have a particular type of sound you want to go for, but if you really want to be original, there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-chancellor/maybe-you-have-a-particular-type-of-sound-you-want-to-go-for-but-if/) [Justin Chancellor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-chancellor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/justin-chancellor-18204_come_maybe-you-have-a-particular-type-of-soun_1717971.jpg) > [I want to do something original rather than interpret someone else's performance, which is always the risk - even if it's only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-barnard/i-want-to-do-something-original-rather-than-interpret-someone-else-s/) [Aneurin Barnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aneurin-barnard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/aneurin-barnard-12075_giving_i-want-to-do-something-original-rather-t_2086607.jpg) > [ \[To Oleg Cassini:\] Just make sure no one has exactly the same dress I do ... I want all of mine to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-kennedy/to-oleg-cassini-just-make-sure-no-one-has-exactly-the-same-dress-i-do/) [Jackie Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99d/jackie-kennedy-11038_dresses_to-oleg-cassini-just-make-sure-no-one-ha_157368.jpg) > [We want to be original. To express our most interesting stuff. But you don't see the word "original" come up very often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flansburgh/we-want-to-be-original-to-express-our-most-interesting-stuff-but-you/) [John Flansburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flansburgh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/john-flansburgh-14315_big-band_we-want-to-be-original-to-express-our-mo_2686620.jpg) > [“It’s clear that you want to seem original. But is it possible that you—?” “It is clear,” interrupted I-330, “that to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yevgeny-zamyatin/it-s-clear-that-you-want-to-seem-original-but-is-it-possible-that-you/) [Yevgeny Zamyatin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yevgeny-zamyatin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/yevgeny-zamyatin-1218_original_it-s-clear-that-you-want-to-seem-origina_3225836.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want-original/#itemlist", "name": "Want Original Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't care for remakes. There's soooo much undiscovered material out there; old and new. 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