Collaboration Difficulties Quotes

Men of thought seldom work well together, whereas between men of action there is usually an easy camaraderie.

Scientists are like atomic nuclei. They are more easily split than fused.

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

I don't work well outside the lines; my report card once read, 'doesn't play well with others.'

I don't know how people do this job collaboratively if they don't really get along. You're spending all day every day for months and years on end with somebody.

It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music.

In my experience of doing physical scenes, half of your energy is spent on trying to get the other actor to enter into it physically with you. Most actors don't want to hurt each other.

I'm not a good collaborator in general.

Producing is always really hard, and you can never tell who's going to be easy to get along with and who's going to be difficult.

I find it very difficult to work with people I don't like; I can't do that.

When you're composing for somebody, that means you have a boss. You have to do what it takes to, at the end of the day, appease them.

The difficulty in working with someone on a show like Idol or X Factor is they have an idea of what they think is cool in their heads, and it's important as a producer to maintain control of the session and not let it get side-tracked or chase too many rabbits. But it's also important to let the artist feel like their opinion matters, so that balance is difficult.

As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner.

Working on a novel is very solitary and I get to be the boss. I'm the dictator, so I win every battle. So, in that sense, novels are easier because you don't have to answer to anyone. And then, you go into something like film and there are more cooks in the kitchen, so to speak.

You know, whenever you're shooting a film there's different obstacles and challenges, whether it be from the makeup artist getting fired that you liked or whatever - the one that did the makeup the way you wanted. There's always stuff that changed, like the DP leaving the set, and there's a new guy in there, and the way he does lighting isn't the same as the last guy.