Ronan Farrow Quotes

I love working with younger actors because they always come into the game full of energy and ideas that challenge me and keep me learning and stimulated.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

I always love working with young actors, because there's always something to learn. It's always exciting to see the next generation and how they approach things and what's great about them and what's not so great about them.

I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.

Teenagers come to things fresh and can really teach us an awful lot.

When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there's always a fresh way of looking at something. That's why I love working with young people. They remind you of things you used to know and have since forgotten.

It's important to surround yourself with good people, interesting people, young people, young ideas. Go places, learn new stuff. Look at the world with wonder - don't be tired about it.

I'm lucky to be surrounded by incredibly talented people at Pixar, of course, and I learn a lot from them each and every day.

Rahman sir keeps pushing himself. He keeps trying new things, whether it is his craft, music or sound... he is always learning. He looks for opportunities to learn, even from children.

It's a must to continually stay alert and aware because ideas come from everywhere. And beyond relying on your fine-tuned radar to pick up on the next inspiration, consider seeking mentors.

You can see things growing up, be inspired by things. Just because they're not around anymore doesn't mean that you can't take those inspirations and bring them to life and bring them to the next generation.

Ideas come from everything

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

As you get older, your mind gets a little more set. And it needs the poking and prodding and breaking through of stereotypes that I think young people provide.

Flood your life with ideas from many sources. Creativity needs to be exercised like a muscle. If you don't use it, you'll lose it!

I'm always experimenting and trying different things. That's what keeps it fun and encourages growth.

The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

Stay close to the young... and a little rubs off.

One of my philosophies as a director is to listen to other people's great ideas because they'll help make you better.

You don't want to be the smartest person in the room; you want to be the dumbest in the room. You want to be surrounded by other thinking people who are going to say something that makes you think, "Oh, my God, that's an amazing idea. Why didn't I think of that."

I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.

We try to preach innovation. We provide resources; we invite speakers in from universities to talk about new ideas.

I want to learn from everybody.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.