Jenna Johnson Quotes

I seem to be able to get along with anybody when I work because I really enjoy being there.

I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV directors there are, and I've learned from how they had to handle when things don't go quite according to plan.

As a writer, you're really in control of almost everything. That's not the case in TV. You have to be prepared to work with a lot of people to make something happen, and you got to be prepared, at least in the beginning, to not be too good at your specific task.

I think I can work with any type of actor.

I think that I am willing to do anything. I like to collaborate. If my voice will be heard, than I will do some research and think about it.

Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes.

But I just think we've got such a continuity with what we're doing that most people come in and fill in the blanks. And sometimes we leave a lot of blanks to be filled.

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

I enjoy working with people. I understand that as a necessity. And clearly that's something that develops as you get older. And I've grown into that.

I know how to work with people. I've worked with the same people for 10 years. I'm not that kind of auteur. I hear ideas.

Pretty much, I am always open to input from everyone; although I don't require it, the feedback is conducive to getting the play together.

I'm terrible at collaborating with people; nothing ever ends up coming out good.

I always try to keep a little bit of space in the year to work with other people. Because I love doing musicals, films and plays - projects where I'm not in charge, where I've got somebody else telling me what to do and I have to work with their vision.

All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate. My language to each of them has to suit their brain.

The lifelong goal of an improviser is to listen to what the other person is saying, taking it in, and responding.

When a film works, the director had a lot to do with that, but the director also didn't have a lot to do with that. There are so many moving parts. It's really about being open to how the river is flowing and trying to get on the river.

One thing for me that modeling definitely did was that you go to do a different job every day, and you are working with a completely new team of people. You have to learn how to talk to people and how to creatively achieve the same goals. I think it just hones your people skills.

I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure.

It's through working with a lot of first-time directors that I realized that people learn on their feet. Everybody works on something for a different reason. Everybody has got something new to learn on these sets, and you don't have to know everything, the second you start.

Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language is and how to best support each other, and also take care of yourself.

Part of the job of being a producer is the Vulcan mind meld, where you listen not to what they're saying but what they mean.

One of the great things I learned from how cooperative theater is, you can't be too precious about your ideas.

I just take it a season at a time because I know in football, things can change so quickly.

I can be incredibly focused, and I can appear impatient. So I've learned to slow down, get to know people, and provide more context. There's nothing wrong with getting to the point pretty quickly, but it's also helpful to give people an opportunity to talk about their work.

But, you always have to listen to everyone, because I'm not always right and other people have great ideas, too. I think that makes great moviemaking.