Eric Bana Quotes

I've been directing a few commercials, and I would probably like to direct a feature one day. It's not a priority - I'm not dying to do it. But what I realize is that every time I direct something, I learn how to be a better cinematographer. I learn much better how a director feels, the loneliness of a director, how you need to have a great crew.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

A leader should never compare his technical skills with his employee's.

The best bosses understand the people working for them. That's the first component: what makes my people tick? What are they in it for?

Organizations exist to make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant. And this is the work of effective leaders.

One of the greatest joys of leadership is assembling and knitting together teams of fantastic people.

Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.

Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.

Chuck Noll knew how he could help people. He was a teacher. He was a guy that was very good at selecting people, getting them to fit in. He wasn't the guy that was going to sit there and motivate you, intrinsically. That wasn't what he was best at. So he hired people that were good at that.

Every director is different, but the insights from new people on set give you a different opinion and perspective, which is always embraced, in some way.

When the people you've already worked with are very talented and you know what they can do, if you think of a character that happens to be perfect for them, then you make it happen.

What I've grown to hate in my 'old age' is shouting directors. I find anybody who screams and shouts to be difficult to work with... especially because the people who scream and shout tend to do it at runners, and not at the main actors. They make a great amount of noise and it's often at someone who is an easy target. I love working with people who are calm, even if my role is peripheral. I like people who realise that this is just a film... that we're not going over the top in No Man's land and screaming for our lives. There's just nothing to be gained by volume.

Your people come first, and if you treat them right, they'll treat the customers right.

Relational skills are the most important abilities in leadership.

To manage one must lead. To lead, one must understand the work that he and his people are responsible for

I haven't worked with people who are jealous or competitive. That's a particularly deadly attitude to have when you're working on a film.

I have great people working for me now. I surround myself with smart people.

Any leader who asks the right questions of the right people has the potential to discover and develop great ideas.

Getting results through people is a skill that cannot be learned in the classroom.

Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.

There are a lot of things going into making a movie. So many things can go wrong. So many people that need to show up and bring their "A" game. If one thing is out of place, the whole movie can fall apart.

I learnt earlier on that If you can run one company.You can really run any company.A company is all about finding the right people and inspiring those people,drawing out the best in people

For leaders to be effective, they need to connect with people.

I really like the director [for Weeds]. I don't know if you've spoken to him yet but he's really, really intelligent. He was just really kind when I met him and nice and really told me why I should play the part...and kind of really didn't argue with him. He's just really, really smart and assembled these really great people. I felt like he really knows how to enlist his intelligence to get you - I don't know - he's really hard to argue with I find.

The quality of people you have around you as a manager is so vital. There are various factors that influence that process; fitness, form and the tactical approach to your opponent are all areas I review on a daily basis.