Working Relationships Quotes

I've done a lot of pictures that are ensemble, and I've not always liked the people I was working with, but that doesn't make any difference because you do the job, and often it turns out to be a great ensemble even if you didn't particularly really like anybody.

It's so funny because when you're working with an acquaintance or someone else, you're being more polite. I find that I'm a little bit more of a brat when I'm in the studio with my dad, so I feel bad.

When huge factories were established there could no longer be a close tie between the master and his men; the workman hated his employer, and the employer looked on his workmen simply as hands.

I love being on movie sets. It's a very particular setting. And not all of the time, most of the time, there's always people you don't like, and you have to see them every day.

My relationship with every film is more or less the same, but the experience is the difference. It comes with the people I am working with, the character I play.

I've worked with Judd since 'Undeclared,' and once you work with Judd you never stop working with Judd.

Trust is fundamental, reciprocal and, ideally, pervasive. If it is present, anything is possible. If it is absent, nothing is possible. The best leaders trust their followers with the truth, and you know what happens as a result? Their followers trust them back. With that bond, they can do big, hard things together, changing the world for the better.

I like befriending my collaborators because I'd rather make music with people I like than people I pretend to like.

It's always a good day when I get to work with Jim Belushi, who I adore.

Casey Affleck is a really good friend of mine. I know Casey a lot better than I know Ben, even though Ben and I have worked together a lot.

Given a choice I would only want to work with Salman again and again, but that's not how the industry works.

I'm not big on collaborations with 'superstars.' It generally doesn't work for me.

It's always tempting to cast someone you enjoy being with. You've got to hang out with these people for a number of months.

I'm realizing I need to be in close proximity to everyone I'm working with because that - I don't know - it keeps me engaged.

Ideally you want every relationship to work, if it happens it's great, if it doesn't it is unfortunate.

The relationship with producers has always, in my experience, been, uhhh - tense. Challenging. But the actors and crew become like family. You're there all those hours - more than on a movie. You come to depend on each other.

Establish and maintain good working relationships with co-workers. You don't have to be friends, but you do have to be friendly.

I don't actually have problems dealing with corporate situations. There are times I've railed against it, but there are other times when I'm like, 'I'll take your money, no problem.'

I have no directing ambition whatsoever. And as long as I meet filmmakers like Tom Hooper, Stephen Frears, and others who allow that collaboration, I can't see why I would ever want to direct.

Some people you work on a film with, and then they disappear.

I'm linked with every actor I've worked with so far. I've stopped taking such rumours seriously.

Being a part of 'Empire' was a wonderful experience and opportunity to work with everyone involved.

I think all family businesses are difficult and fraught with problems because you have that family relationship to get over. But my dad has been so supportive, we've managed to work around that.

If we can survive being married and working on a soap together, commuting back and forth when we lived in New Jersey, and we didn't get divorced then, we're never gonna get divorced.

I've had the pretty good fortune of working with some decent guys and gals.