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Daily Inspiration Quote by Jamie Kennedy

"I like to be creative and I'm lucky that I have a couple of different outlets, and I'm lucky that I get to use them"

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Jamie Kennedy’s line reads like a shrug, but it’s really a survival strategy dressed up as gratitude. “I like to be creative” is the plainest possible mission statement, the kind that avoids mythologizing talent and instead frames creativity as appetite: something you need, something you chase. The repeated “I’m lucky” does double duty. On the surface, it’s humility. Underneath, it’s an actor acknowledging the brutal math of entertainment: your ability to make things is often less decisive than your access to platforms that let you make them.

The key phrase is “a couple of different outlets.” That’s not airy self-help language; it’s an industry term in disguise. For performers, outlets mean leverage. Comedy, acting, writing, producing, podcasting, stand-up, social media: these aren’t just hobbies, they’re insurance policies against typecasting, dry spells, and the fickleness of gatekeepers. Kennedy’s career - bouncing between mainstream studio visibility and more scrappy, personality-driven work - makes the subtext legible. He’s describing diversification without saying the word, because “diversification” sounds like a hedge fund, not a creative life.

“I get to use them” is the real tell. It implies permission, opportunity, timing - all the stuff that separates wanting to create from being able to do it publicly. The intent isn’t to sound profound; it’s to normalize a working artist’s realism: you stay afloat by finding multiple microphones, multiple stages, multiple versions of yourself that can still pay rent.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Kennedy, Jamie. (2026, January 15). I like to be creative and I'm lucky that I have a couple of different outlets, and I'm lucky that I get to use them. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-to-be-creative-and-im-lucky-that-i-have-a-173159/

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Kennedy, Jamie. "I like to be creative and I'm lucky that I have a couple of different outlets, and I'm lucky that I get to use them." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-to-be-creative-and-im-lucky-that-i-have-a-173159/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I like to be creative and I'm lucky that I have a couple of different outlets, and I'm lucky that I get to use them." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-to-be-creative-and-im-lucky-that-i-have-a-173159/. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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Jamie Kennedy

Jamie Kennedy (born May 25, 1970) is a Actor from USA.

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