Tom Holland Quotes

For example, for me, my brother helped me get a manager, which I don't take for granted. It's tough getting a manager, let alone one that actually cares about you and is smart. But from there, no one's going to cast me just because I'm James Franco's little brother.

One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace' premiered in July, so that I could go and meet people that I wanted to meet: the writers and the directors and the people that are doing things.

There's a lot of 'who you know' in this business, and I don't think I skipped a step on the journey.

The biggest thing I learned at Wisconsin was, it's all who you work for, not where you work or what level.

In my industry who you know is very important.

If you can get better at your job, you should be an active member of LinkedIn, because LinkedIn should be connecting you to the information, insights and people to be more effective.

As far as I'm concerned, any work you get is because people have heard other work you've done.

And that's another piece of advice I'll give junior writers; when you get to the point where they take you to lunch, let the editor suggest where to go.

It's all about people. It's about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. Your book is going to impress, but in the end it is people that are going to hire you.

If you don't go talk to your boss, if you don't go talk to your mentors, if you don't go talk to people who can influence where you want to be, then they don't know. And they're not mind readers.

I'd like to work for as long as possible and form connections with the labels I work for.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.

You must develop personal contacts if you want to be successful.

Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.

You tend to meet on a more regular basis with people in your industry, and reality being what it is, you tend to meet with them at the particular level that you occupy; so that develops a fraternity relationship.

Even after choreographing some big numbers, I didn't qualify as the top choreographer. You need to have godfathers and big people to support you for others to take you seriously.

The most important thing is to recognize how important it is to market yourself and make connections.

You need to be really great at your job. You need a strong network of peers, and you need a strong network of mentors.

I learned so much stuff at Hoffenheim and made a lot of friends. I also made good connections with the managers. They taught me a lot that I can take on in my career.

There is a glass ceiling for everybody until you find a way to get that connection that Cena has.

When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a screenplay writer or a photographer. First question people asked me: 'Who do you know? Any contacts?'

Often, I'll ask clients who've found a great contracting relationship how they did so. The answer is almost always that they heard about them through a friend or colleague.

I was networking every day from 21 to 28 years old. I sent 10 letters a day, which means I reached out to 3,000 people in a year.

Ask people who have the job you want how they got it.