Jerry Bruckheimer Quotes

I would really want to teach someone how to function without having to have plays called for you.

Children who plan their own schedules and evaluate their own work build up their brains and learn to take more responsibility.

I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.

I want to be doing something where I'm running my own show.

Is it important to have a crew behind me? No, it's important to have me behind them. That's how I look at it. You can't just roll with a situation like you're depending on somebody to help you. You're supposed to help the situation, whatever the situation is that you're in.

It's hard for me to work for somebody else. I can work with someone, but not for someone.

If I had criteria, it would just be that I want to play active people who can solve problems, not people who have things thrust in their lap and need somebody to solve their problems for them.

I like directing myself; I feel like it's one less person to give notes to. There's an efficiency in it. I'm also kind of a control freak. So I like the fact that it gives me more control in the overall picture.

I'm the type of person that doesn't like to wait for people to do things for me, and I never want to feel stuck. Why sit around and be like, 'I wish my label would book me some studio time,' if I can just buy my own studio equipment and figure out how to run Pro Tools and record it myself?

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.

Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it's not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be.

Stay small and control it yourself.

Whether you're a programmer or a seamstress, it's all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster - but not worse.

They want us to be self-determined and they want us to be self-governed, and yet when we make these judgments, they don’t like it.

Why can't you and I let the world run itself its own way?

I think it's great anytime somebody can be in control of their own distribution.

All of us are in the same place, each with our own rooms, and we were allowed to do whatever we wanted. Which is totally different than college, where they manage your schedule for you. In the NBA, you're on your own.

If you want people to take action, you must refrain from giving them the answers.

Whatever I do, I like to be the one doing it. I don't just like to get someone in to run it and put a name to it.

I'm not in the business of telling people 'DIY or die,' but I do think it's important to be as hands-on with what you're doing as possible.

I don't have a boss or PR person, so I'm accountable to no one.

We've always been do-it-yourself. In that we've had complete control.

Stop asking for directions so much. Assuming that you're in a safe environment, pay attention and figure things out for yourself. Have the nerve to take a wrong turn now and then. You'll develop better working instincts and have more self-esteem too.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.