Quotes About Collaboration

I've never been very good at creating absolute music, which has no non-musical dimension to it. I think that is why filmmakers gravitated toward my work.

When male allies make space for women, they're not diminishing their own power. Rather, they're enhancing everyone's.

It was incredible to have J Dilla in your dining room making beats - it was one of the greatest experiences I've had.

Coming back to Dinosaur Jr. and actually writing songs for the band was really intense for me.

One thing about when I came back into Dinosaur that was really cool was that pretty much anybody that J. was working with who had a long-term relationship with J. were people I really liked and that I actually may have already known.

If I can build a coalition of people who are interested in what I have to say and what I'm thinking, I hope they'll come with me if I want to go tell a story that doesn't have dinosaurs in it - which I plan to do.

When you make shorts, people don't get paid. It's mostly about being diplomatic that you're going to do a masterpiece of short cinema.

When your country is in dire straits, it doesn't matter whether you're a social democrat or not.

You can't direct without a good crew.

I don't direct the plays of others.

The best actors are always the ones who've directed as well, as they understand all the problems you face.

So much of what you see now in Hollywood is written and directed by committee, and you can see it.

Me and my roommate wrote and directed a little short comedy called 'The Elevator.'

It is always a pleasure to be directed by an actor because they know the scene from the actor's perspective, too. That's an advantage.

I have directed Amitabh in four films - 'Kaalia,' 'Shahenshah,' 'Main Azad Hoon' and 'Major Saab' - and we have always been hand-in-glove.

Directing adults is not the same kind of collaboration as you have with a teenager or kid.

I do like directing other people's material.

Even when I'm not directing, that doesn't stop Owen from having ideas for what I should be doing.

As far as working with actors, I feel very comfortable working in that aspect of directing.

I love writing. I think writing and directing go hand in hand.

I enjoy editing when I'm directing, but when someone else is directing, that's their film to cut.

Directing is so dope to me, man, 'cause it doesn't necessarily have to be your material. You're making someone else's material come to life. There's something amazing about that.

I would love to keep directing commercials. I love it so much. I love working with brands and ad agencies and old white men who have been doing this for 60 years.

The cool thing about directing is, whatever cool thing works in the scene, it's still making the episode be a great story, and everyone's working toward that goal, so it doesn't much matter where it's coming from.