Remo D'Souza Quotes

You need fans in high places, I always tell people. I don't care how talented you are.

In life it wasn't what you know, but who you know. I had people who were trying to buy teams and had they bought the teams, I would have gotten to coach because they wanted me to coach. But the people who have the teams hire their friends.

It's amazing how you meet people through other people. I knew a racecar driver, Stefan Johansson, who was very hot. He introduced me to Jean Todt. He introduced me to a French doctor. He introduced me to a French architect who redid the Louvre with I.M. Pei. He introduced me to Daniel Boulud.

Hollywood is a very small world; the people who matter matter, and the people who don't matter are just like nothing.

I am criticized for getting jobs because of my name, but I only use it when I have to.

Did any agents ever put Diane Ladd up for some of the great parts, even though she always got great reviews? No! But do they put up the girlfriend of the studio executive who's gonna do them a favor later? You betcha.

I've done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You're young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.

Ultimately, I think it's just going to get you that exposure, get you in that door, get you that recognition that will hopefully get you opportunities.

It's one thing to be talented, but the other thing is connections - with agents, with people; that's what makes a difference, and from the beginning, I've had wonderful representation.

Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.

'House' has opened a lot of doors for me. I've met a whole bunch of people and got a whole new bunch of contacts. I've got the golden ticket.

I don't think you can get everything based on who you know, but you can't get anything until you do know the right people.

I'd never had a mentor in Hollywood. Men have always been in control of the business, and they usually mentor people who are like them - but two inches shorter.

A lot about this industry is about who you know. If you set a really good example for yourself, and someone likes that, then they might recommend you to someone else. It doesn't matter what job you're in, any profession, it's always the same.

I tell people the most important move they can make is not in the ring. It's taking the time to get to know Mr. McMahon.

In Hollywood, it's not what you know but who you know.

There's a lot of 'who you know' in this business, and I don't think I skipped a step on the journey.

I started my career in Hollywood, where I learned the rumors were true - having success there really was dictated by how who you knew, not what you knew. I grew frustrated by the fact that careers could be made and broken by relationships alone.

When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a screenplay writer or a photographer. First question people asked me: 'Who do you know? Any contacts?'

Ask Frank Stallone how far your name gets you.

The world doesn't reward talent, it mostly rewards those who are connected.

I've gotten to meet so many talented people!

We've done as best a job as we can making it clear that I'm earning what I'm earning because of me and not because of who my father is. But at the same time, I'm not ignoring things that would be dumb to ignore, like people that I can know through him and experiences I can have through him and things that I can learn from him.

At one point, you start wondering if being talented in Bollywood is enough, or you need connections.

Coaching is really a big fraternity. You can get in if you know the right people.