Quotes About Collaboration

Scientists are always the ones who head into the ocean, but I want to take writers and politicians, people who can convey the beauty that is there and perhaps do something to take care of it.

If critics want to help me, let them come sit next to me while I'm writing.

Whatever team you go to, you want to have guys who help you be successful there.

As a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.

I don't know what another actor is going to give me, on the day, and I don't want to be so hard and fast in my technique that I'm not open to what's coming.

Massive shift from presentation to participation...people want to be part of to be part of the conversation

Ultimately I'm making movies because of the producers and I don't want to disappoint my producer. It's always a tough balance to figure out how far I listen to them though.

In a successful picture book, you always want the voice of the text to match the voice of the art; so that it seems as if the same person writing is the one illustrating and vice versa.

In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.

He [Oliver Stone] is great. I really like working with directors who know what they want and aren't afraid to tell you, "Do it like this. Don't do it like that."

I think you have a responsibility to the people you're making movies with, and I take that very seriously. I don't want to let up and I don't want to let down.

I've been approached by many different people, but I don't really want to be known as a collaboration dude.

I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves.

Actors want to be told what to do - they really do. But they also want to have an input and be recognized for that.

The living all assemble! What's the cue?-- Do what the clumsy partner wants to do!

We always try to encourage more songs sung by Kim, because there are always requests for it. I certainly don't want to ball hog all the singing.

The barrier between TV and movies has come down and film actors are willing to do TV and vice versa, because they just want to follow what's interesting.

There's this other girl called Lykke Li from Sweden - I really want to collaborate with her, that'd be great. Obviously Kanye West as well, and Drake would be pretty amazing.

Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this decision-making process. They want to feel included.

The biggest thing you need to be successful with it is a quarterback who wants to be involved in the decision-making process and not just merely want to execute plays sent in to him.

It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff.

I cherish each director that I have. I want to be maneuvered out of my comfort zones. I don't have the time to prepare.

Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge.

I practice the artist's golden rule. I wouldn't want somebody telling me how to finish my painting, I'm not going to tell him how to finish his movie or how to shape his movie.