Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

Well, I think I've had the opportunity to be around some great coaches and players. And I have been able to learn a little bit, something different from every single one that I've been around.

All the directors that I've had the opportunity to work with are fantastic.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

You work with great directors and terrible directors, and so you learn; you take what you think will work for you.

I've been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.

I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

I feel fortunate. I've really gotten to work with amazing talented people, and to learn from them, which is why I'm doing this. If I can work with the best director I'm going to do it.

The amount of meetings I've been in - people would be shocked. But that's how you gain experience, how you can gain knowledge, being in meetings and participating. You learn and grow.

Reese Witherspoon made me better. Just working with her, being with her, I learned so much. I want to be like her.

I've been lucky enough to, for the most part, surround myself with a lot of people who are more talented than me and who I can learn from, and it makes me up my game.

I'm honestly just trying to surround myself with talented people that I look up to/feel like I can learn from.

I'm lucky to be surrounded by incredibly talented people at Pixar, of course, and I learn a lot from them each and every day.

I just want to work with talented people and learn from them.

People say I'm a natural leader, but I just go out there and do my job and do whatever it takes to win; that's what comes with being a leader, those are the sort of things I've done as I've tried to grow into a leader and I'm just going to continue to do them.

It has been crazy and amazing. I had never thought I would work with Akshay and Rajinikant and would get to associate with these talented people.

I was fortunate to be part of great teams that had success, and I was part of great teams that didn't have success.

Learning and leadership go together. Too much credit goes to me for what we have achieved at Virgin but the successes happen from working and learning with some of the world's most inspiring and inspired people.

I think that I've learned to relax, and trust in and hire very talented people, and trust in their abilities a little more.

I've always surrounded myself with talented people, both in film and in business.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

There are two qualities that I've noticed in good directors: One is that they have their vision very strongly in place; and two is that they listen to everyone's opinion and still remember their vision.

I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written a book like Liquor without him and the people he introduces me to and the stories he brings home.

My role now is as an artist and as a mogul to inspire and give others opportunities.

As we get older... I don't know a single person who has devoted their life to musical theatre who hasn't had a couple of misses as well as a bunch of hits. The misses, we learn a great deal from them.