Colman Domingo Quotes

The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.

The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership.

A good head has one hundred hands.

I feel like I can play with any team. Whatever team that is, I feel like I can make an instant impact.

It is urgent to shift from a traditional, authoritative, rote educational approach to a project-based and experiential approach. Specific hard skills are fundamental, but is even more important that students 'learn how to learn' and focus on crucial soft skills such as flexibility and the ability to adapt to change.

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.

One thing I am is a leader and if I'm not allowed to lead, then I have to follow. So then I want to be the best follower that I can.

I want to be a guy who helps the team a lot of different ways.

Showing teams I can do more than just shoot the ball, that's really going to help me out.

I definitely feel like I can fulfill any role that a team needs me to fulfill.

I know what I can bring to a team and I want to do that.

In football, I've always been about adapting to what's asked of me, to what my team-mates need from me. I'm a team player.

I think I can contribute to the team in a multitude of ways.

Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

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

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I'm always open to learning everybody's style - the director, the actor I'm working with.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

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 know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work.

I enjoy playing other people. It's a great job and it's challenging. I couldn't do a desk job.

I love to be directed. They can trust me and go.

As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone.

I think one of my strengths is that I can always take advice, and I can delegate. I know a lot of people feel the need to do everything themselves, but I am not one of them.