Mark Wahlberg Quotes

I would like to say that no man ever was given finer cooperation than that given me by President Truman.

It's always nice working with friends. And if you have a director that you've worked with before, you don't have to go through that first learning thing. There's an element of trust there.

I can joke around and do what I want and be great in my area and play around and be the best, but when I'm with Clams, he's the greatest and amazing, so I'm going to make sure I do what I've got to do.

Pep trusted me, and I felt that trust. He won a lot of things, and I learned a lot from him during his Barcelona period.

There is always a collaboration between the director and the actors, and you always have to listen as the actors have to listen to you as a director. In the end, you as a director, of course, are the captain on the ship.

I can only be inspired if I'm working with people that I really respect.

I'm thrilled the president [Barack Obama] has endorsed me. We started off as fierce competitors, and we've ended up as true friends and partners and worked together on so many important issues.

The people I chose to work with me on this album are there because I have a personal relationship with them.

If you knew my wife, you'd be like, 'Yeah, you're very married.' She runs the household. I refer to her as 'the greatest director I've ever worked with.'

I'm an actress who likes a strong, communicative director.

Hire people who are smarter than you, and don't be afraid to work with them as partners. Make it clear that you plan to learn from them, not just the other way around. The right, smart, motivated people respond very well to that approach, particularly coming from a younger manager like I am.

No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.

The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing.

My wife, Jill, and I have an incredibly close working relationship, and an incredibly happy married one. We met through work. I was the world's worst advertising copywriter. She had the misfortune to be my account director, so from the very start she was my boss, and she still is.

I am hunting for people who would be a good colleague or a teammate, not someone who works for me.

It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it.

I loved working with Mandy Patinkin, I have to say.

I've just got to let my teammates know in practice, without even telling them, that I don't think I'm ahead of anybody.

I always say that I'm not the director, I'm part of the team.

I'm not really a control person, and I'm a big believer in collaboration. I like to have a friend.

I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood.

You know, sometimes guys work with other guys because they're buddies off the track, not necessarily because they're buddies on the track. Sometimes you've got that going against you or for you.

Both Neil and I had done solo projects where we were the boss and I just thought that if he was willing to get into it, it would really be a good experience for him.

You've got to have confidence and trust in your cast. You have to have confidence and trust in your director, in your editor. It's such a team effort; I really think you have to pull yourself out of it and just trust. I think the number one thing you can do is just trust everyone around you.

From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.