Robert Eggers Quotes

It's a difficult question of relations between people.

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

We're losing social skills, the human interaction skills, how to read a person's mood, to read their body language, how to be patient until the moment is right to make or press a point. Too much exclusive use of electronic information dehumanises what is a very, very important part of community life and living together.

I studied psychology in school, and I learned how to understand people's feelings, how to get along with people and relate to people.

I get along very well with people - that's both an advantage and a disadvantage.

I think I am a pretty good at understanding each character of each person I meet.

I envy people who have the capacity to sit with another human being and find them endlessly interesting, I would rather watch TV. Of course this becomes eventually known to the other person.

My personality does well with people who are deemed difficult. I don't know why it does but I just seem to get along with them. The more difficult the better.

A little secret - I'm the child of a shrink. I am; my mom's a shrink, and my father's a lawyer. So believe me, I analyze and negotiate. That is a huge amount of the director's work, especially when you're working with people who - such a variety.

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I do avoid different things I don't send any messages in doing so.

My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick.

I'm engaged: I'm interested in other people. I think that's just as important as knowing how to do the job.

I wasn't a cliquey person, and I think that's because I came from a large family. I got along with everybody, and I usually got along with the people that people didn't like.

Through time you learn from your experiences. I think I've learned to deal with people a little bit better over time. That in particular has developed a little bit.

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.

I enjoy working with people. I understand that as a necessity. And clearly that's something that develops as you get older. And I've grown into that.

Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to deal with them in real life.

But we talk about issues, we talk about people, we talk about personalities. George is a very good reader of people, and he's very perceptive about people, and you know, that's fine.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.

I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It's that simple.

I like to connect with people and suss them out. There's no better way than seeing how they react if you just bear into them.

Most of the people that I deal with are human. So I've had a lot of experience with that.

For most of your career, what you're trying to do is to step into other people's shoes.