Collaborative Atmosphere Quotes

It's very important to like the people you work with. Otherwise, your job is going to be quite miserable.

I think our first scene was us arguing, and nobody wants to argue with Angela Bassett, but the thing about it was that all of the nerves I had going into it were immediately kind of quelled as soon as I got to the set. Becasue she's not Angela Bassett, she's just Angela Bassett.

There's such good people out there where there filmmaking world is alive.

If I'm with people who are really positive and go with the flow, that's when the best ideas come out for me.

When I go to set, I try to make it a warm, inviting and happy set. We're all coming to work creating something, hopefully, beautiful together.

The environment on the sets of the movies I make, it's usually all friends and people that know each other, because no one's getting rich or making money, so it's always about, hopefully, that everyone's on the same page.

When you're dealing with Hollywood people, it creates a tight, tense atmosphere through the whole thing. And I don't like to work in that kind of atmosphere. I like to make my movies in a kind of relaxed atmosphere.

On a film, you work with somebody for four months and it's wonderful, but commercials it's like catching up with someone for a beer except you happen to shoot something at the same time.

There's no drama. There's nothing. Everyone is there to work, everyone is really kind and everyone is very helpful, especially to me. I went in there, hoping to learn. I could have easily been put on some project with somebody who really doesn't care about teaching or sharing. But, while I was there, all of the cast were very helpful. I would constantly ask questions.

In Washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite.

There's always competition, especially in the EDM scene, but that keeps me motivated and focused. Everybody is really friendly though. I always enjoy seeing other guys at gigs or festivals. So yeah, there is competition but there are also lots of good vibes.

You want to create an environment where we're fostering ideas, not rejecting them.

'White Collar' is really a unique family where people kind of all get each other, and they're all on the same page. I was really fortunate because when I got there, I kind of just immediately fit right in with everybody.

One of my favorite things about working on 'Liv and Maddie' is the creative environment that has been designed for us by our lovely director, producers, and writers.

Even when I'm on set, I'm always among friends.

I don't feel that fear is a good incentive on a film set.

When I'm directing films, I mostly try to create an environment on set that mimics what's in my mind as to the tone and feel of things. I try to create a place where you feel that anything's possible.

The thing about Nashville that's amazing is everyone plays... so you don't meet up for a drink, you meet up for a pick. It's an incredibly creative town, just bubbling with energy.

I've never had any prima donna attitude against me. It's always been very respectful.

I just want to go to the right environment for me and the right team.

I cannot imagine a more enjoyable place to work than in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology where I work.

In Nashville, everybody just wants to write the best songs. So it's a very inviting songwriting community.

A movie set actually can be a good place to have a family atmosphere.

I'm always friendly and encouraging on set. I want people to be at their best creatively.

You have to collaborate with the moment and the environment. It kind of was magnified by the house being a studio.