Quotes About Flexibility

As a director, I try not to implement a way for working, for every single actor, across the board. I try to work with each one, on an individual basis.

I don't look like a model, but you have to work with what you got.

I like to work half a day. I don't care if it is the first 12 hours or the second 12 hours.

Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language is and how to best support each other, and also take care of yourself.

Where you need to make fast decisions, people have to work in an open space where I can just walk to somebody's cube, so we don't need to schedule meetings for absolutely everything.

It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past.

That's one of the good things about being from the political centre, you're willing to work with both side of politics.

I prefer home-schooling because you can work at your own pace and go towards more what you're interested in, whether it be history or geography or math.

I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.

You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out.

Actually, my plan was to be 20-under par after two days but it didn't work

I don't like to plan anything ever because it never seems to work. I'm just really...let's just get this film out and see how this one does.

I've also learned that sometimes, no matter how much you want things to work, you have to accept that sometimes they just don't.

Doing more of what doesn't work doesn't work.

Nature does not turn out her work according to a single pattern; she prides herself upon her power of variation.

If you're searching for "work/life balance" you'll always be disappointed because "balance" connotes a zero-sum equation.

If there's one pitch you keep swinging at and keep missing, stop swinging at it.

I liked being able to work with all the different producers and take what they brought to the table and bring my own style to it.

I'll work for whoever wants to hire me. Even the jewelry channel.

I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work.

The harder you work out, the more you should stretch.

Whenever I work on something, I try and throw everything I have at it. Then if the director finds it useful they use it, and if not, they ignore it!

Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're not sure it's going to work out right so we tape it an hour in advance.

We should always be learning or we will cease to be able to change or adapt. I think the best work on leadership today is by Ronald Heifetz. His work is focused on adaptive leadership.