Quotes About Collaboration

Smaller movies are great because you don't have to argue with so many people all the time. But really I like arguing so there's a balance either way.

When you think about great teams, The Beatles and the Pythons immediately spring to mind. The Pythons were as much a part of their time as The Beatles.

I suppose if a band is like a gang, it is a moment in time.

If you get a song right for its usage at the time, it can be useful to others. ...Those songs are more friendly to other artists looking for material.

I love the idea of creative collaboration. I love the idea of exploring marriages, particularly ones that are in process for a long time.

I had a great time with John Duigan he's pretty amazing.

Dark Horse was my second time working with Todd Solondz. I love him truly, very much. And I don't think he'd ever worked with an actor a second time. It was groundbreaking.

I got involved in the design process a long time ago. I've been working with their main designer [Berlei] for a while. It's been really fun all around.

Sometimes what you lose in the time it takes to let an actor do something that you don't like as a director, you gain in not shutting them down creatively by telling them their idea sucks.

You're in charge but don't touch the controls. Recounting what the two Russian cosmonauts tell her each time they leave the Mir space station for a spacewalk.

I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time.

By the time I get through writing a score, I know the book better than the book writer does, because I've examined every word, and questioned the book writer on every word.

I will always play "Stand Back" anyway. And Prince will always he standing behind me every time I do.

...if you can think of meetings you've attended, you can probably recall a time - plenty of times - when the opinion of the most dynamic or talkative person prevailed to the detriment of all.

I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.

[Valley of Violence] was written for James Ransone. PJ's a friend of mine, I've known him for a long time, he's always like, "Dude, when are we going to make a movie together?" I finally called him.

I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like a better writer and director than you really are.

The pleasure of working with somebody who's an actor is they don't waste time with stuff that doesn't matter.

The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.

Working with Preme is always a dream come true. It's never like "I'm here and I'm comfortable." It's always like that very first time. It's a lot of jokes being cracked and we have a lot of fun.

It was so much fun working with these young kid actors. We had a great time and those kids are truly amazing.

My family was all musicians. We jam all the time.

If we had joined efforts some time ago [with U.S], we could have avoided many problems the world is facing now, I believe.

We actually talked about Adam Sandler during the creation of 'Trolls,' because he does know how to time jokes.