Quotes About Analysis

I think it's very difficult, and people don't give enough credit to how hard it is to do in-game commentary. I'd have a lot of work to do, but I'd definitely be interested. I'm always interested in breaking down the game, and I'd love to see more females doing it.

When I walk into a new organization and I don't know the industry or the people, which has always been the case, I do a few things. One is I think about the business from the outside in.

I watch the game pretty closely and think of a few things that I'd do perhaps differently to what's going on and throw up ideas here and there as well.

I'm always a little apprehensive about 'decoding' fictional stories.

That's how fighters get better. They watch film, and they work on what they need to work on.

I don't know how they judge fights sometimes.

Maybe I lose my fights because I don't fight smart.

When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong it's really easy.

I've never really figured out why the media covers the media, you know?

If you look at the figures, the average age of the tennis fan is 62 years old.

I love figuring people out.

I love film criticism as an art. I think it's a very important thing.

You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - what's written and not written.

I just trust the director and never overanalyse the script, screenplay, etc. You are just taking a bet at the end of the day, so confidence, be it on the filmmaker or the script, is all that counts.

I don't know any filmmaker who can deconstruct their own work.

Whenever you make a movie, when it's done, as a filmmaker, you never sit there and say, 'Boy, I really got that right.' It's, 'Where did I screw up?'

The list of companies that have added their own financial metrics is not a savory group.

I can't help but think what would have happened if a divisive character such as Trump were president during the 2008 financial crisis, at a time when leadership, compromise, and careful analysis were critical.

Criticism is okay from people who know the finer points of cinema.

I can analyze how I do things, but the actual doing it - when the synapses just start firing - I can't explain.

I love to zoom in and study why a chord is making me feel a certain way, but then I've learnt to zoom out again. Because if I'm not actually feeling it, there's not much point making it in the first place.

One of the first things I did when I finished my Ph.D. was work with the police to look at what happened during the London riots in 2011, which took over the city.

There are hardly five critics in America; and several of them are asleep.

Whoever you are playing and whatever you are playing against you have to weigh up tactically how you approach that game. That has always been a part of my make-up, having made my way through every division and finding out what management is all about.