Quotes About Growth

You know, I don't really do that much looking inside me when I'm working on a project. Whatever I am becomes what that film is. But I change; you change.

Also, I plan to screw something up on every movie I do so that I can learn from my mistakes and become a better director with each project.

You never know when you start a project just how good it can be.

Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go.

The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you're locked into the human project and you want it to flourish.

You shouldn't be afraid of failure - when something fails, you think, 'What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time.' Then kill that project and move on to the next. Don't get disappointed.

I've had fun doing romantic comedies, but I just can't anymore. There's nothing fulfilling creatively, there's nowhere to grow, nothing to learn from it or for yourself. I'd rather just be home with my family or write music until that special project comes my way.

There's competition in every field, and that's healthy. It makes you work harder and be your best. Competition, not in terms of money or number of projects, but in the quality of your work, is very healthy.

I was lucky enough to co-found a business in college that ended up with 400 employees, and I launched 20 different projects while I was there - a project a week.

Being in the Girl Scouts took me out of the projects environment and showed me different things.

I look at all my projects as a stair step to the next. My goal is to always get better and better.

I have a bunch of concepts and ideas that I want to do but I have also been growing my production company in general and looking to branch out of projects that I am directing and producing.

To create a big company, you need more partners, as it is hard to handle such a project alone. Such projects bring access to the expertise and management resources of the partners, and their connections above all.

I think 'Mindhunter' has allowed me to get a chance to do larger projects.

As much as I can and am able to, with the projects that are presented to me, I try to just really choose things that are challenging and are something I haven't tackled before.

I'm trying to build a brand. I'm not just doing one-off projects.

I want to work and work on better films, projects and myself.

Like any other actor, I want to be part of good projects.

Grassroots projects are what keep you alive as an actor.

I just try to keep going and work on projects that are exciting to me, with people I respect and enjoy and want to work with. That takes me in different directions sometimes, but it's all been a pretty good ride.

I'm so happy in the projects that I'm able to make, to be involved in projects like this. This isn't always where it was at for me, I started working when I was a kid. I'm just a different person now, I'm 30. I started working when I was 11 and it's a different ballgame.

Most of my time, energy and other resources I use to nurture my projects.

For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That's what I'm always searching for and I don't think that's ever going to change.

I like to do projects that challenge me, and hopefully in turn challenge the audience, or open your eyes to something you're not aware of.