Rob Reiner Quotes

When you're an actor in grade school, high school, college, whatever, you start to realize what you're really good at, what you're kinda good at, what you're okay at, and you start to compartmentalize. But if you know yourself and what you're capable of, it's just a matter of opportunity.

Things can change only through strong personalities. I am not very good at supporting ignorance and mediocrity, so maybe this leads to arrogant gestures and arrogant responses. So, nobody's perfect.

I am honest and sincere in my desire to do well, but the question is whether I know enough to accomplish what I desire.

What is important for a leader is that you walk in a stable manner in your own shoes and do not trip.

I'm so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up.

I trust my directors to see me through, for I don't consider myself as a natural actor - or a good one at that.

I feel like I can play with any team. Whatever team that is, I feel like I can make an instant impact.

I still do believe in carrying yourself a certain way, and I do my best to be somewhat of a role model. I'm not a perfect person. I'm a human being. I'm not the Lord, but I do accept that responsibility, and that's why I do try to carry myself with confidence, with poise, with grace, and with class.

I'm talented enough to do a lot of different things.

I'm pretty prepared for anything. You could shove me out there in any situation - I've done it.

But I stand here as my own person, as a mother of three, as a former interior minister, state leader, who has served this land for 18 years and who has learned what it means to lead. And that leadership has more to do with inner strength than how loud you talk.

When I started it [non for profit], I thought, I'm not smart enough to do this. I had no experience in management, no experience in administration, no experience in nonprofit; but then this phrase came into my head: I only have to be smart enough to find people who are smarter than me; I only have to be smart enough to recognize who knows more than me.

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

I don't look at myself as one of the best pitchers in the world.

I actually don't think that I'm that much smarter than anybody else. It's just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that's wisdom.

A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.

There's a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better. But there comes a point, as an actor, when you do know better, and that is when the fear starts.

I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.

I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does.

I know my strong points: I work hard, I have talent, I'm funny, and I'm a good person.

I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.

I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

I don't take myself seriously. Others should take me seriously, I don't.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.