Darryl F. Zanuck Quotes

You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

You know when you put two great players together, you're going to have to work through some things.

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.

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.

The hardest job is getting personalities to mesh.

You're in a band with someone, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to agree with everything they think or do.

Heck, nobody gets along perfectly. But what we have is respect for one another. We have a system where one guy can veto anything.

If you don't have to have a partner, don't take one. If you do need one, look for a partner who can complement your weaknesses with their strengths. If you are at odds, you are never going to get anything done.

You really have to try and find a way to communicate [in the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp], to respect each other's opinions and ideas, to be able to fight for something you feel is better than somebody else's idea.

We all can't shine at the same time.

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

I believe you can work with anybody.

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

I grew up in a big family. You have to learn to get along with each other... get things done as a family.

Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.

I hate competition.

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

Between you and me, I think that may be one of the things that will help with the collaboration, because there are things Eric thinks I'm moving too quickly on, and there are things I think he's dragging out. When it gets to the editor they can arbitrate.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

I've had teammates I didn't get along with, who hasn't? I've never had a teammate call me a bad guy, while he was my teammate, and if he did when I was gone what kind of teammate was he anyway?

Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.

Many years ago, I think I got my first insight on how an incredibly diverse team can work together and do astonishing things, and not just misunderstand each other and fight.

I play well with everybody.