Professional Rapport Quotes

Choose clients as you would friends.

In some way, the relationship between a director and an actor is personal.

Catherine Keener really gets me. She and I have such a shorthand together.

When Sharan called me for 'Rambo,' we were acquainted, but had not worked together. Right from day one, though, there was an easygoing camaraderie between us, which was only amplified by his implicit trust in me and my ability to deliver for his film.

It's important that the director and actor have good chemistry, and not just the actors.

I get on very well with Denis Naughten, absolutely.

I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with.

I have worked with Chuck Grassley off and on through the years, and always had what I considered and what I think he'd consider a cordial working relationship.

For me, chemistry is trust. If you have trust you can risk together. It's like a partnership and it means you can have fun together while jumping off a mountain. I have not always been able to get good trust with an acting partner. One of the best was Juliet Landau; I always felt safe with her. Chemistry has nothing to do with physical attraction - that often gets in the way.

I find I like to work with a lot of the same actors, because I find that there's sort of shorthand there, and there is this unspoken trust, both ways. They trust me and I trust them. And I know what I'm going to get from them, to an extent. It's just fun, kind of creating this little family.

With 'Start With Me,' I sent it to Gunna and he sent it right back. I didn't have to ask him. If I send you a song, you gonna vibe to it and if you don't, it's cool.

All things being equal, people want to do business with their friends.

I think you either get along with Lars [von Trier] or you really don't and I really got along with him. I wasn't scared because I talked to Bryce Dallas Howard about Lars.

Some of the artists I've been working with it's been just work, you know what I'm saying? But in the industry I feel like the relationship is stronger than the work sometimes.

You can learn a lot from somebody's video bio: if you're not going to gel with the actor or a crew.

As co-actors, Rajkummar and Janhvi are so wonderful. It's amazing to work with them.

When you're working opposite Halle Berry, you're going to get a lot. So you have to give a lot. That said, what I've found striking in the past few days is that people are aware of a good chemistry that exists between us on screen. If that's so, it's due to the fact that she and I have a real liking for each other in real life and a real mutual respect.

J.J. Abrams and I met, and we just had this incredible kind of vibe between us.

I have a really good relationship with Focus Features; we had a wonderful time working together on 'Sin Nombre.'

I just loved working with George Benson, whom I very much enjoy musically and as a person.

Me and Mike Myers had great chemistry between us.

Clients become very attached to the fitter who they feel understands them.

I always want to have a personal relationship with everybody that works for me.

Inzaghi is certainly the coach I got along best with.

You know, when you've worked with somebody before and you've worked very deeply and dangerously then you start with the relaxation and the trust right away and that lets you go even deeper, which is a lovely thing.