Mel Brooks Quotes

The reason I've been groundedand able to make albums, is because I've allowed my friends to come with me and voice an opinion. That's who keeps you grounded, the people who have known you longest.

You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave me a freakin' kidney! But it's also the families that you create outside of your family. And you really find out what kind of people you're friends with.

Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with.

Friendships are this fun team. You get to have partners in crime.

I have people I love and trust on my team. And I'm lucky my family is incredibly talented in a variety of ways.

Yes, but Phantom Productions is my core team. It is like my family. And I love them.

When you're on a good team, you just want to do your part and know that they trust you.

I love working with the same people. When I find someone I love and that I like working with, I don't want to stop working with them.

You have to trust in the people you have around you.

It is important for a racing driver, for myself and for the team, that we can say that we trust each other, and it is not lightly said.

Whether you're on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can't trust one another there's going to be trouble.

Either we're a team or we aren't. Either you trust me or you don't.

When I think of people I am close to, I genuinely feel that I can include Josh Lyman, Toby Ziegler, C.J. Cregg and Sam Seaborn.

Usually I'm trying to work with people that I've worked with before, so we have a certain amount of know-how and what we're going to do together.

The nearest friends can go With anyone to death, comes so far short They might as well not try to go at all.

You have to surround yourself with people who live, breathe and eat something that you're trying to do, and then it becomes a motivating thing for them to want to support and get behind what you're doing - it's all good then.

...I also have an extended family. The people who stayed. The people who became more than friends; the people who open the door when I knock. That's what it all boils down to. The people who have to open the door, not because they always want to but because they do.

For most people, the authentic things are relationships, friends, and family.

There's something really nice about having a group of people that you're committed to, that you work with and that there's a future in it. Film is like a party, and then it's over, whereas this hopefully feels like a family.

It's all about who your team is and who your people are.

Companies don't have ideas; only people do. And what motivates people are the bonds and loyalty and trust they develop between each other. What matters is the mortar, not just the bricks.

Dancing is being trusted with other people's guts; choreographing is trusting other people with yours. When I choreograph I'm giving a dancer something to do and trusting the dancer to do it and build on it.

The cool thing is, when we first did our joint Ring Of Honour-New Japanies Wrestlers, I think that definitely existed. I think the ROH guys were like, "we can't let these New Japan guys outshine us" the new japan guys were ready to make a statement as it was this really big event in America. But the cool thing about this relationship is we've literally become a family now. A lot of us are friends with each. We obviously respect each other.

I have friends who were friends of mine before I did music and they are my friends now, and we share life experiences. It's no fun unless you're sharing with people, looking out for them as they are looking out for you.

I know some good marriages-marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other.