Elle Fanning Quotes

I just worked with Sofia Coppola and that was amazing. I learned so much from her. I can't even describe how much fun I had.

You learn from all directors, all these guys.

I'm very grateful to have been able to work with so many talented filmmakers and actors during my career. I've learned so much from them. It's been my college, in a way.

It just makes you a better artist when you're with people who are great artists themselves. Being around Kanye, soaking up all the knowledge, all the stuff he got.

Pharrell's affected everyone through music. To work with someone like that - it's a gift. You ever meet somebody you can learn so much from, and all you have to do is be quiet and watch? That's what it was like. I took in how he moves, speaks, how he creates, the whole nine.

My focus is to grow, have fun, and work with people who inspire me, like Philip Seymour Hoffman.

I learned a lot from the various artists I produced. Either you see them doing something that you do want to do it, or you see them doing something the way you don't want to do it.

Regardless of any experiences in the past, for me it really is important to be engrossed in as much of the creative process as I possibly can. I was surprised with how much the eight years I spent on 'Castle' actually serviced that. I ended up, in a way, having a free education on that show.

I really just want to work with good directors and learn as much as I possibly can.

Working with Hrithik Roshan was amazing. I have learned so much from him.

Working with directors like Gurinder Chadha was a learning experience for me.

I'm lucky to be surrounded by incredibly talented people at Pixar, of course, and I learn a lot from them each and every day.

Having worked with Amitabh Bachchan was an exhilarating as well a great learning experience.

It has been crazy and amazing. I had never thought I would work with Akshay and Rajinikant and would get to associate with these talented people.

You can never tell when an artist really will take up someone's work and work with it happily.

Kickstarter was already up and going when I got the Fellowship. Spending time with the other Fellows was about camaraderie, and I talked to a lot of amazing and creative people.

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!

I've said this before, but after 'That '70s Show' ended, I solely wanted do films that inspire me, and to work with people who make me better. I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them.

You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.

All the filmmakers I've worked with have taken my desire to educate myself very seriously.

I'm still working on my career, still trying to learn from other artistes and develop my skills and my style.

I've been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.

It was a great learning experience to work with James Stewart.

Tom Hanks has been a huge idol of mine. I'd love to work with someone like him someday. You could learn a lot working with someone like that.

When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.