Charlize Theron Quotes

One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.

Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects.

I think the toughest thing is to describe what a producer does because they basically do everything. They follow a project from the start through the rest of its life and, along the way, are a part of every single aspect of its growth. It's tremendously enriching, though, because you get to know and live with the movie in its entirety.

When you're a freelance director, you are hired to create the art, and it kind of stops there.

You're supposed to be a control freak when you're an artist. That's the whole point of having a vision: Why have one if you're not going to protect it?

As a producer, you're there from the inception of the concept to the delivery of it. It just takes so much energy.

I would prefer to direct without also starring in the same project.

If a director brings a guy to their movie who does improv, they've got to let him do what he does - otherwise it's like bringing Michael Jordan to your basketball team and telling him to just pass the ball and don't shoot.

It's everything and I always make decisions about the cast.

One of the tasks that any artistic director has is, you're trying to bring elements together that will work. The truth is that you could bring all the best talents in the world together and produce a big turkey.

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

I think the director is becoming more important. To work under rushed conditions, you need to have an extremely professional director. If the director's good than the end result will be good.

An actor can come in with a specific energy and get it on film over several days or weeks, but as the producer, I'm responsible for the overall trajectory of the project.

I have to bring my A-Game 24/7, between creating, draping, and overseeing a myriad of different brands.

I'm a very hands-on producer.

For all my songs, I keep changing singers till I am not happy.

If you can utilize a guy's talents and not let other parts of the game suffer, you've got a winning mix.

I see myself stepping more heavily into the producing world. I like having that control, and being in control so to speak, and being part of picking great material and bringing it to life.

As far as doing a TV special, I would have to be in control of it. I'd want my own team of animators to work on it.

It's not a 'sexy' position, being the producer. You have to be very bossy. You have to be very aggressive.

I make it happen. Who bought Alex Haley's book 'Roots' for TV? Me. I hired the director, hired the writer. I put them all together. I'm like the chef. If I mix all the ingredients right, it's going to taste terrific. If I don't, it's not going to come out good.

You are only given so much talent and it is up to you what you do with it.

Every song that I compose has to satisfy the music director in me.

I've always been an idea person, so I've always been great at having ideas, just not having the resources to make them happen.

With a lot of projects, you never know if it's going to be executed properly. And also, you never know if people are going to respond to it.