personal stake Quotes

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned

Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome.

Political life is like this - elections go back and forth. Representative democracy can only be successful if one sits down and says, 'That's it. I will connect myself,' - as I did - 'connect my existence to a political project.' Then you automatically have in your party a lot of people who say, 'If that fails, so do I'.

Respect isn't enough. You've got to have a proprietary interest.

Unless I love something or hate it, I don't want to deal with it.

My only problem is that I'm too sensitive about my movies. I feel each of them has to work and consider every film as my last one.

Policy designed to make the nation grow must build upon and must not frustrate the instinct of most Canadians to build a stake for themselves.

I got skin on the game. I want to serve my country.

When you reach my age, you understand that you are a player with skin in the game, no matter what game it is.

I felt, selfishly, that if there was going to be a TV show about 'Hannibal Lecter' whether I was going to be involved or not, I'd rather be involved. I wanted to make sure it was something I wanted to watch.

I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.

I feel real ownership in this show. I feel very invested in it. I care very much about it. I don't feel any more like a hired hand, you know? It's a strange feeling - I feel personally responsible for how the story goes. What happens. What the weaknesses are. And so in a way, some of the changes gave me an opportunity to have a voice in a different way.

Yes, 'Aagadu' was a failure. I was dejected for a couple of months, since there was a lot at stake.

I don't want to make a 100 hundred million dollar movie I have no stake in.

A liberal is a person whose interests aren’t at stake at the moment

Moses, Aaron, Abraham, they're all a waste of time. It's your ass that's on the line.

It's very easy to get excited about a job, but it's a big commitment because you do it and then you have to live with it when it's finished. It's forever in your section in the video store. It's you. It's almost like deciding who you have a child with.

It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.

I knew 'True Detective' wasn't something I could allow anyone else to develop. But by the time HBO expressed an interest, I still had no real experience.

It's what you've been a part of for so long. I don't think I can watch a game without an interest in who wins.

The NBA is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

If someone else made 'Up in the Air' or 'Thank You For Smoking' or 'Juno,' I would have wanted to rip their head off. I need that same sort of passion for every project I take on.

I'm alarmed at what's happening in Canada. I'm vested here.

'Lolita' was a great wound in the side for me. I stuck my neck out maybe further than I should have and castigated the studio for not getting behind it.

I learned that from my dad: you put your heart into something, you have to protect it, what you're making.