Ben Barnes Quotes

I tried working with the best of directors and producers. I tried being selective, but things didn't work out. Now, I am open to working with anybody and everybody who is good. Or I'll try to make it good. That suits me.

I can work with anyone.

I am willing to do business and I'm willing to play ball with anyone, for I am very open-minded.

Cooperation - To get cooperation, you must give cooperation. Always seek to find the best way rather than insisting on your own way.

You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.

I believe you can work with anybody.

When you collaborate, you have to be willing to scrap a lot.

There was a time in my career when my hackles would really get raised if someone came in and said, 'We need you to do this or that.' But the fact of the matter is, you're working in a shared universe, and all elements of the universe are, ideally, going to mesh and work together. That's my goal. I want to be on the team.

From collaborating with other people, you make concessions, and those concessions are great because sometimes you are definitely wrong.

You have to be open to other people's ideas, and you can't be too married to your own.

It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

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 try not to have too much of an ego. I'll do anything.

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

I think having eight kids evens things out a bit. You learn about the world; you learn about the world; you learn you've got to get along. We're all - if anything - very adjustable.

I'm a guy that wants the movie to work. So whatever it takes or whatever you got to do - I'm happy to do.

I'm just not a purist. You set goals and you have to work with everyone to figure out how to get what you can.

I come from a background where I like collaboration and improv. I think that it is important.

I'm actually one who will encourage directors to cut my lines.

Toby not being there doesn't bother me, I mean I can work with anybody as long as we get along and as long as they've got an understanding of what I want and what I'm aiming for. To start with, when he left, it was difficult.

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

I've kind of learned this about Joss Whedon. Never say never. I've learned that. I also have another rule about Joss Whedon. Never say no. Just... whatever Joss Whedon wants to do, just do it.

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.

I play well with everybody.