Heather Matarazzo Quotes

When I was 18, and when I entered my family business, I soon realised that it wasn't as easy as I thought. I had to deal with people of my father's generation. Building trust was key to doing business.

My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for the sake of other members of my group when I shouldn't have, because I was right in the end.

Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

At the end of the day, if you can't say a line right, it does not matter who your contacts are.

I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business.

I have made really some significant deals because I play golf.

I didn't go in there and tell them I think you should move me, but I also understand the nature of this business.

I believe in the power of peer mentorship. When I learned how to ask for a raise, how to fire someone, how to deal with a board challenge - I didn't get that from mentors like Hillary Clinton. I got that from women who were my friends and who had already done the thing that I was doing.

In my industry who you know is very important.

Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineer.

Women are often meeker in meetings and afraid to ask for raises and promotions. I've told countless female colleagues to stop apologizing when they ask for more. It's not personal, it's business.

The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.

If I were to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

A dinner lubricates business.

You’re going to be respected if you can throw a punch, but you also have to prove you can do a deal.

Baseball is all about relationships, and in some ways, what know you and who knows you.

I'm very lucky in that my agent and my editors know better. They don't push me. Because I don't take that well.

A big part of the job of being a showrunner is, in my way of thinking, being a good communicator because there's really no other way to have hope for getting what you want, at the end of the day.

It's been many years that I've been in this business. All of a sudden, I'm getting all of these wonderful people approaching me and asking me to work with them. It's very hard to say no when you love and respect people.

I always look at auditions as not even getting the job as much as I'm just trying to connect with this casting director so they remember me for next time.

When it comes down to business, everybody is very businesslike... I have never felt any difficulty in dealing with any of these situations.

I keep in touch with these people who knew me long before I got a record deal.

I've met so many who have opened doors for me and remained in my life both personally and professionally. After a while, networking doesn't feel like 'networking.' It's both serendipitous and unpredictable, and something that just naturally becomes part of your work life and your personal life.

I want to have bosses around me, 'cause at the end of the day, 10 years from now, 20 years from now, you want to make relationships to keep 'em, you know what I'm saying. So I make my relationships to keep 'em - all my relationships - not try to burn bridges that you may need to cross over one day.

A lot about this industry is about who you know. If you set a really good example for yourself, and someone likes that, then they might recommend you to someone else. It doesn't matter what job you're in, any profession, it's always the same.