Freida Pinto Quotes

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.

I aspire to be an instrument of the director. I'm happiest like that. The stronger the director, the more I'm willing to give them. It's not just about admiration for their films, it's how they deal with you, and whether they get you or the way you work. If they don't, you better adjust your way of working to suit them. I want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate. As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart.

Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy.

I'm learning more and more to share creativity with the crew and actors. A film crew is more powerful if you listen to them, but it does make my job more tough because I have to listen.

I believe you can work with anybody.

I'm always learning from experiences because each one is different and there are different players involved in the project at the time with their own way of doing things.

I come from a background where I like collaboration and improv. I think that it is important.

My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.

What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and you're going to learn from them. I just feel open to learning from people.

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.

I think there's a lot to be learned from your teammates and older guys around you. And there are many ways to lead. You don't have to change your personality to be a leader.

When you collaborate, you have to be willing to scrap a lot.

You can learn a little bit from everybody, so you should be able to work a bit with everybody.

I think I'm going to improve a team the day I get there, honestly. I think I can be the guy who can play right away, the guy who can sit if I need to and learn.

I take great pride in being able to work with anybody.

You have to be open to other people's ideas, and you can't be too married to your own.

Be like a sponge when it comes to each new experience. If you want to be able to express it well, you must first be able to absorb it well.

If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global economy.

Every film you work on is different, and that's part of what it's like for anybody who works on a film, is to learn how to work with others. Learn from top to bottom. Actors have to learn how to work with the director and the director has to learn how to work with actors, and that's not just those two departments.

I love to be directed, and I can glean something from almost anyone.

I'm open for possibilities. I'm open for choices. I always welcome new ideas. I'm always eager to learn. I'm never going to close my mind from learning.

You know, people sometimes say to me, 'Do you prefer to do this or that, act or do stand-up or write' but the thing that I enjoy most is the difference between all of them, because you're always learning. I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything. I'm actually lucky to have the chance to fail at all of them.

One of the things I've learned by working on the 'Walking Dead' and other TV shows is to be more tolerant of other people's process.

I like it when an actor is secure enough to ask questions, and the director is secure enough not to be threatened by that.

But, I think it's great to be able to work with established directors, and then also first-timers. I feel like you learn from both of them, but then you can go and share your knowledge with each of them. That's really fantastic!