Theo James Quotes

I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.

I'm always learning from experiences because each one is different and there are different players involved in the project at the time with their own way of doing things.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.

I'm from Mexico, and I've heard some horror stories about cast members who can't stand each other. What we have on 'Jane' is a blessing. We do table reads for every single episode one day before it starts to shoot.

Our team at Duolingo is really cohesive, but this did not just happen. I made a concerted effort to hire people who are going to play nice.

I can't work with people who aren't fun loving. I don't encourage such people.

I'd have to just say that working with other people, it's a different world from school.

I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.

I'm a hard worker. I'm a people person.

If someone can't behave with their colleagues and can't be part of the culture, it doesn't matter how good they are at what they do; they have to be asked to leave.

My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.

I've played sports pretty much my whole life, and that teaches you how to work with anyone, whether you like that person or you don't, and whether you get along with them or you don't. The circumstances don't matter. Team work is part of life.

I've just got to let my teammates know in practice, without even telling them, that I don't think I'm ahead of anybody.

Any good director, and I've worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly.

I've learned several lessons over the years. First, never take yourself too seriously, or work is boring. Next, people make the difference. You can have great technology, but if it's not complemented by great people, it won't go anywhere. Finally, customers buy from people they like.

Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be.

Historically, NBCUniversal had brilliant people, but some of them didn't do a very good job of working together.

There are over 50 brilliant scientists working at my lab, and being sensitive to their needs is among the top skill sets that scientists like me have to learn.

I'm usually always a big fan of the people that I'm working with, because I get to work with big people.

You might be the leader of the team, but without the rest of the team, you're not doing anything. I think that's the way I look at my job as the lead of a TV show.

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.

I like to hire the kind of people that I would want to be on stage with.

It sounds really cheesy, but I've just really been so focused on making sure that I am nice to everyone that I work with and making the effort to get to know the people on set, whether it's the catering crew or the famous photographer.

You have to realise that everyone that you are working with is important. It doesn't matter where you are starting from; you are always going to run back into those people, and they are going to talk, and that's going to be the base of whether you get good opportunities or not.