Rob Dyrdek Quotes

I always feel that the best kind of producing - and frankly, it has to do with what I like to do - is you're the big-picture person.

As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.

I believe that, by directing, it makes me a better executive as well.

I suppose I was always attracted to the producing function - trying to put things together and make things happen.

It's nice to be in the position where you're the guy with the vision, but you're able to work with people who can bring your vision to life - and then some.

I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.

Entrepreneurs are like visionaries. One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they're doing as something that's going to be the whole world.

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.

Even in an organization that's doing something big and bold, there's the mundane, day-to-day execution work of keeping it going. But people need to stay connected to the boldness, to the vision, and stay plugged in to the main vein of the dream.

I believe the director's primary role is to create an atmosphere where his company can be created.

Man, he could sell. As he liked to say, he lived at the intersection of technology and liberal arts. But there was a more personal side of Steve Jobs, of course, and I was fortunate enough to see a bit of it because I spent hours in conversation with him over the 14 years he ran Apple.

As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes.

Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.

My greatest love in life is to develop projects. I just get a huge kick out of that. I've been doing it since ever I could.

Successful companies obviously have people with ideas and energy.

A director without a vision is a catastrophe.

They want more production and they want it cheaper. But no matter what happens, the creative idea will be perpetuated by somebody who comes up with a vision. I don't care if there are three ceos - it takes one guy with an idea.

A big part of the job of being a showrunner is, in my way of thinking, being a good communicator because there's really no other way to have hope for getting what you want, at the end of the day.

I've been very hands-on with everything I've done since I had my children. And it's just really important for me to understand the big picture, where everybody's coming from, what's the real purpose of this shoot and this song, or whatever it is in that moment that I'm doing.

To be the organization that we want to be, we have to have a place to play.

Successful ventures in business or philanthropy are built around great teams who can help us overcome tremendous challenges - and have the right experiences and relationships to do so.

A strong team can take any crazy vision and turn it into reality.

It was awesome working with Miley. She's a visionary and she's a creator and has a lot of ideas.

I have 60 people working for me in my studio. That's luxury if you ask me. I just dream. Tell those people that I want a certain thing. Those people will then invest days, and sometimes months, in bringing that idea to life. What more could you ask for? That's luxury for me.

I enjoy difficult tasks. What's hard is finding the people to do them and finding a team to actually enjoy success. That is the real challenge of success.