Nargis Fakhri Quotes

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

I try to direct myself the way I direct the other actors who come on my show.

A good director is like a good coach. You want to play for him. You want to really show him your good stuff. You don't want to let that person down. Ridley Scott is one of those guys.

If someone works with me, I try to take them to the next level.

Leadership isn't about simply being in charge and treating your people like soldiers and barking orders. Leadership is sharing your knowledge and your direction so that others grow and reach their potential.

In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.

The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses.

I direct with energy. I believe in energy. I think energy is an electric thing in actors. I try to inspire, encourage, and make choices with lots of energy. And truth. I'm big fan of truth and being funny. I like leading 50 people into battle every day.

I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Seriously, I don't know if people would really tell you this. But in my dream world, the people who work for you would say, 'Wow, I didn't know I could do that until I started working with that guy.'

He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.

Jon Hamm is such an amazing co-star. He used to set the tune of the scenes so easily, and in his free time, he didn't mind giving us cues. We picked up a lot from him.

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

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Leadership is an individual sport, one that has to be fine-tuned to each of the people that reports to you. Leaders also need to provide the direction, energy, encouragement and inspiration for each person who reports directly to the leader as well as for the overall organization.

For me, the director is the most important thing. He is steering the boat. If you don't trust him, you won't be able to give him your all.

I learn so much from Sean McVay every single day that I'm around him.

Triple H and all the coaches have been very helpful and supportive of everything that I have done.

You see guys that have been in the league for a long time and have taken that opportunity to not only make their game better but to make the people around them better. And to help them know things that maybe you wish you had known.

Every time I get on the court, I want to push my teammates to be better as a leader and lead by example.

I have grown a lot under Ancelotti. He got the best out of me.

My ambition is to work to improve my players.

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.

Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.