Timothy Olyphant Quotes

I like working as a director most.

The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.

I've been on a lot of sets, and I've been around a lot of directors, and I've been working for many years now, but stepping in the shoes of being the decision maker and the guy that everybody is relying on at some point, yeah, it was challenging for sure. One thing is that you're responsible for a large group of people.

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.

The leadership qualities that you have to have to be a producer on a film is something I learned being a captain on the team.

There's a conventional wisdom that says that strategic thinking is much more important than relationship building, which doesn't seem to be nearly as highly valued as it should be, based on what some of the leaders that I've spoken with have said to me.

I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.

I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing.

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.

There is no better way to manage than by walking around. Autocracy doesn't work. Talk to people in their offices, find out what's on their minds.

I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning.

I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right.

Directing, what little I know, is as much knowing when to step in as when to step out.

As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.

In recent years, more and more of my time has become absorbed by administrative work for the research council of ETH-Z of which I am presently the president.

If I look myself as a manager, I have lot more to learn.

A CEO needs to build their own team.

I never thought being the producer was being the dictator. It means being the director and being the coach. It's a way of keeping everybody focused on the goal, and also having final say. Everybody can be in the same car, but somebody has to drive.

I've got an opinion on everything, so I should go into management.

I put projects together. I put people together.

Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.

In any leadership position, you're always going to be disappointing somebody.

When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.

Earlier in my career, I needed to be the writer, casting director, set designer, leading man, and producer. I've been eliminating a lot of those jobs. I'm an executive producer right now. I still get to pick the best screenplays.

I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.