I never worried about getting stale because the news and the people induce freshness every working hour.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.
Contrary to popular opinion, things don't go stale particularly fast in the art world.
I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month.
In a 24/7 news cycle, with all the shrieking, howling voices and rapid-response and instant spinning and Soviet-style disinformation-mongering, a good idea has a shelf life of about, um, six seconds.
You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh.
Back in the day, we ate fresh; our parents cooked. Now, we're starting to think things are fresh because they're in a can, they're in a box, or they're frozen. That's not fresh. It's difficult to get real fresh.
I feel like if you shoot one scene all day long or you take two days to do a scene, that scene is going to be stale.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
It's extremely hard work keeping fresh.