Darren Boyd Quotes

I enjoy being given a certain amount of freedom in order to interpret or to come up with stuff, but I do enjoy collaboration. I seek and thrive on projects where I am going to learn from the people I'm working with.

One of the things that I think makes me successful is the way in which I collaborate with others. In my opinion, nothing great is ever the product of one mind. It's always a consequence of some sort of self-critical collaboration.

When you work for the Coens, they are so fun and so organized. They treat everyone with such respect.

On 'Vikings,' nobody's got an ego. Michael Hirst is just so open and so collaborative.

Without trust, the most essential element of innovation - conflict - becomes impossible.

I surround myself, not with yes men, but people who have their own ideas and are on board with with I want to do.

If you have a culture of respect, creativity flows. You create this energy, and then people have more desire to take risks.

I make sure when I direct that it's a very joy-based set that hopefully is filled with a lot of respect.

A lot of writing depends on being comfortable around the people you work with. I want it to feel like I'm working with friends.

You really have to try and find a way to communicate [in the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp], to respect each other's opinions and ideas, to be able to fight for something you feel is better than somebody else's idea.

It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for 'Monsoon Wedding,' and most of my film, are women. We get the work done, you know, much lesser play of ego... And I really believe in harmony, I believe in working in a spirit of egolessness and that the film is bigger than all of us.

I think one of the coolest things about the job is the level of trust we have for each other. The actors fully trust that the writers will write amazing episodes, and the writers trust that the actors will follow their instincts with the characters.

You imagine that, going into such a huge American series, you will come up against a lot of egos, but it was the complete opposite on '24,' a dream team.

I love working with other people and bouncing ideas off them.

It's interesting that instead of having to get tighter and more restricted for a collaboration, strangely enough, from the beginning, we've actually been more confident that we could handle this.

Netflix is amazing 'cause they trust the creator to do their job, and they trust us to do our job. They're really smart and just let us do our thing and deliver a great job.

One of the things I'm adamant about as a bandleader is not micromanaging. I'm an advocate for the concept of allowing everyone to be fully vested in what they're doing, so everyone contributes whatever they're inspired to contribute.

A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear.

It doesn't happen very often that you get to work with some really good friends of yours and there's a common language between everyone, you don't have to explain what you're doing, you can just run with it. It makes it just so much easier and more relaxed.

I just love to collaborate with people who take my ideas real serious, and they don't put up walls around them.

I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.

I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to remain very open to what others have to say.

It's not like I am working with the great innovators of all time, but at the same time, they are my friends.

I love collaborating with different voices.

It's really lonely trying to build something by yourself. It's good to have thought partners to bounce ideas off of.