Nicolas Roeg Quotes

I always try and take something from each job.

On every job you do, you've got to raise your game. My ambition is to just get better and better every job you do - you should never stop trying to get better. You have to teach yourself new things - I don't think you necessarily learn them from other people because you have your own style of doing things, but hopefully you get better.

Obviously, after 'The Matrix,' it was a case of, 'OK, I did that. What's next?' I mean, it's always like that, but more so this time. How do I change it up? How do I keep it interesting for myself?

I think you have to recognise where you are as a player. I knew I had to go out to learn - to sit around at Liverpool wasn't going to do me any good.

I'm good at what I do and still improving as I learn from mentors, founders, partners, friends, family, strangers, my own investors, and the experience itself.

I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.

In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made.

It's good to be in a role when you can learn something new.

Every job you do, you gain more experience. You never stop learning.

Some people might be groomed for success; I've just always thought I've got a hell of a lot of things to learn and places to go. Creatively, I couldn't stay on the same treadmill. I chose to be off-centre and do collaborative work.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

I had a teacher, he was 86 years old and his name was Luigi in New York City, and he said, 'Never stop moving. You get to reinvent yourself.' So you have to find ways to reinventing yourself. Especially today, because it's a whole different market - social media is so important.

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.

I go by intuition. Work-wise, that means asking myself if a role will push me outside my comfort zone, challenge me to learn something new.

You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future.

I'm young and I have a lot of experience and I learn quickly.

I love being on sets with very seasoned directors as well as very new directors. Every time is a discovery process. You learn something new every time.

I had years of experience that I still needed to accumulate and go through.

Every role sort of teaches you how to prepare for it.

I'd like to think that every job and every step I've taken progressed more and more toward the career that I've wanted to have.

Do you feel good in your role? If yes, that's the perfect time for you to experiment with something new, to get out of your comfort zone. This willingness to learn is probably the most important thing for leaders of today and tomorrow.

For me, dropping down to League One and then getting into the Championship with Huddersfield was the right pathway. It was one where I knew I had to learn, I had to get better if I wanted to get any higher and I think that mentality's helped me.

I've always learned a lot, I've always played different roles, and I will continue to do so.

If you look at my career, you'll find that the same record doesn't show up more than once. I try to challenge myself with every project.

My biggest challenge in my career is not looking or sounding like anybody.