Quotes About Collaboration

I've done every job in the world, and movies, the only thing close to a movie that I've ever done is it's kind of like being in a band.

You can't create chemistry. In fact, the chemistry between two actors is for people to see, sense, and judge. The only thing we can do as actors is to come on board individually because we feel the same kind of passion for a script and for a director to cast us because he feels that, as actors, we'll do justice to that part.

The problem with a group is, the more people you add, the lower the average IQ.

Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that there were too few groups.

The problem with Danity Kane is everybody wanted to play everybody's role, and when you're in a group like that, that can't survive.

Personally, I don't like to talk too much to the actors about the camera choices because I feel like the way I want them to perform is as if it feels very rooted in the real world and that I'm essentially stepping back and just watching and hoping they feel safe with me watching.

'She's Gotta Have It' and 'School Daze,' I really didn't know what I was doing. And the biggest indicator of that was the acting. 'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

Now, when we first started, I would be playing something good and then feel like I wasn't doing the right thing and launch into some idiotic cliche. Luckily for me, Bobby was patient.

Diversity is not just the right thing to do but right for business.

If this government is doing the right thing by fighting corruption, the Church should support it.

You get to say, 'Here's my philosophical idea about what the costume should like,' and the costume designer comes and gives you choices and sometimes they're all good, and I say, 'What do you think?' and they pick the right thing.

You want a diverse writers' room, not because it's the fair thing to do or the right thing to do, but because it's the best thing to do for your show. I've seen that to be true.

Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

The secret of my success is that I deeply respect and learn from my peers and customers.

'The Simpsons' is an especially collaborative show.

That's been the case for decades. 'The Simpsons,' 'King of the Hill' - they do the preproduction in America, and the production is in Korea or in some cases China, or occasionally Japan or India.

For a while I was perfectly happy not performing with 'The Who.' From 1982 to 1989 I felt 'The Who' did not exist. I let the band go, in my heart. However, Roger Daltrey had other ideas. He would not let go.

I'm always fascinated by the 'who would you like to work with' question. I've never really had an answer; it only really comes as you work with them.

I would love to play the drums with 'The Who.'

I knew The Who because Id worked with Shel Talmy and engineered 'My Generation' and all that early stuff.

When I work in the theater, you know you'll get this almost devotional, religious experience where you're breaking bread with everyone every day.

The National is the leading theater in the U.K. because it's three big theater spaces in one big building. At any moment you're there, you just know that you're working with people that you're going to be seeing for hopefully the rest of your career.

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.