Daily Inspiration Quote by Danny DeVito

DeVito’s charm has always been that he treats taste like a bodily function: immediate, slightly indecent, and non-negotiable. This quote reads like an artist refusing to launder his instincts into respectable language. The opener - “What you do with it and things like that” - is classic DeVito shrugging off the tidy, press-friendly framework. He’s not auditioning for the role of Serious Cultural Gatekeeper; he’s sidestepping the whole premise that a choice must arrive packaged as a thesis.

Then he lands on the real criteria: “different and funny and unique and dark.” That stack is doing more than listing preferences. It’s a map of the DeVito brand: comedy that isn’t soothing, darkness that’s playful rather than prestige, weirdness that’s a deliberate tool instead of an accident. The subtext is a quiet defense of the misfit impulse in entertainment - the conviction that “odd” is not a liability but the point.

Contextually, it fits a performer whose best work often lives in the gap between cartoon and tragedy. DeVito has made a career out of characters who are grotesque, tender, petty, and deeply human, sometimes all in the same scene. The quote’s casual syntax mirrors that sensibility: he’s telling you the decision came from the gut, not the committee. In an industry trained to justify every choice with market logic or moral uplift, DeVito’s intent is almost punk: he picked it because it delighted his darker, funnier instincts, and he trusts that delight to carry the audience.