Jeff Lemire Quotes

Mitch and I have known each other for such a long time, and we're both so pleased to be given this opportunity at this point in our lives to play characters that we've never really had a chance to play before. It's a great gift. Plus we're wise enough to appreciate it.

I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.

I've developed a lot under Jurgen Klopp. I am very grateful to him, and it is a lot of fun to work with him.

Any praise goes to my coaches and my teammates. I have the easy part of waking up and going to the gym. They're the ones that have to break my bad habits and teach me new things. They're literally my everything. In my personal life, it's my wife, and in my professional life, it's my coaches and my teammates.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

Throughout the course of my life, I've been blessed to work with extremely talented people.

It's always a great day going to work with Ginnifer Goodwin; she's a fantastic actress and I learn so much from her.

I owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with.

I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime.

I think that they had afforded me many opportunities to do good work there, and I think I did. It was a wonderful four years. I really worked with some great people, terrific producers, terrific editors.

It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you won't get far. Likewise for helping those in line behind you. I take seriously my role as a mentor to young female filmmakers - I make sure my time is tithed.

It was a great learning experience to work with James Stewart.

The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and exciting time in my career, where I can have the opportunity to work in different genres, and also I recognize there's not a lot of actors who have that opportunity and I'm grateful for it.

There was a moment when I was watching Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in 'Badboys' that I felt, you know, inspired. I don't know if I was proud, because so many people do the work. Everyone's part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.

I have had a career in which, almost without exception, every single person I've worked with has helped me.

I'm extremely lucky that I've worked for and with amazing people in my life.

I'll never forget my time at Banfield. It is a club that gave me everything and gave me the opportunity to become a man and a player.

As you think about developing people through their careers, you're looking for that transition from being the smartest person in the room - and caring so much about that - to being the most effective.

Coaching staff: I know there's days you look at that film and you want to kill me. I'm not playing defense, taking bad shots, getting too many techs. But you always believe that I can be the guy. Through the tough times, you guys never left my side... That's something that I really appreciate and I never want to take you guys for granted. I thank you so much for being part of my life. And not just on the basketball court, but giving me talks about growing as a man first, and a basketball player next.

I'm so blessed to be able to work with some of the best writers out there, and it's kind of like college with me sitting in a room with some of the best of the best and really taking it in and learning from them, but then also taking time to sit and tell them my stories - it's one of the biggest blessings that could have ever happened.

I've been so blessed to work with the people I have.

Surround yourself with people you can always learn something from. Always work with people that are better at their craft than you are.

I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level.

As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how to just do things and work with good people.

I'm always fascinated by the 'who would you like to work with' question. I've never really had an answer; it only really comes as you work with them.