Hattie Morahan Quotes

Let us agree here today to adopt among ourselves a simple and unwritten rule. We will not rise to criticize someone else's idea unless we are prepared to offer an alternative idea of our own.

Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine.

Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

I don't want egos and personalities on the set that make it more difficult to make the film. I don't want people who take the focus away from the movie and the ideas behind the movie.

I don't believe it's productive to go around and badmouth anyone that I work with, because at the end of the day, we all have to sit in front of each other and agree or disagree.

You've got to understand when a collaborator isn't satisfied anymore.

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.

I'm used to working alone. Frankly with some of the actors I've worked with, I've felt like I was working alone.

I'm terrible at collaborating with people; nothing ever ends up coming out good.

Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's going to happen when you have a difference of opinion. Most attempts at collaboration never survive the negotiation. Merely being agreeable is not enough.

If you disagree with the way a colleague did something, call him up, invite him out for a coffee, talk about it. But don't do it publicly.

When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically.

You wanna work with people who you have a rapport with. You finish each other's sentences a bit creatively when you've worked together for a while.

Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.

You don't just go to your bosses and say, 'This sucks. I'm supposed to be winning everything.' If you have an awesome idea or a story, or something great, you go, 'Hey, how about we do this,' but when the story is not you, you have to find a way to make it work.

There will be no name-calling when I disagree with anyone, no disparaging remarks toward anyone, no taking sole credit for collective achievements or blaming others when things go wrong.

Collaboration is about listening to someone else and adding your own feelings about that thought.

I loved working with Cena. He was always receptive to my ideas, even if they weren't good.

At Ford, one of the behaviors is you listen, and you don't have side conversations during the meeting. It's just so important everybody stays focused.

It's hard to argue with a coach who says, 'I just want you to work.' What can you say to that without making a fool of yourself?

You can do TV and radio without the personal insults.

If you bring in actors right when you're breaking story, it has a 'too many cooks in the kitchen' effect.

If I see that everything the director does is motivated by trying to achieve the best, I can accept anything.

I always try to develop a good relationship with the director on any film and make sure that we want the same things and we're talking about the same ideas, and that gives me great protection.