Michael Gracey Quotes

I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative.

Being able to chuck ideas around and bounce ideas off each other with anyone I'm working with is just something I love to do, that's how most of these ideas are formed.

I like working with writer-directors because you can solve problems right there.

Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism; you'll get a much better movie out of it.

Magicians are typically introverted; they don't tend to work with others, but I work with software programmers, composers, designers, so it's a very diverse group and the result is always more interesting than something I could have done by myself.

The best work for creative folks on the team is when the problem is big and the solution escapes everyone.

But I'm blessed to work with great people. I collaborate with brilliant stylists both here and in Paris. I work with a great design team. I really allow everyone to bring their ideas. I almost rely on them to inspire me.

Before I ever put anything on paper, Jerry and I would talk back and forth.

I keep a creative group around me.

I like to come to the set with very strong ideas and strong opinions about how to do things. And I like also dealing with somebody who's like that.

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors.

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

The way I feel about rehearsals is that the best idea wins.

I've learned a lot from Dave Stewart; he's a serial collaborator. He's co-written songs with more people than anybody I know - like the most incredible people too.

I love to argue and share bright ideas in a rehearsal room, and when you live with somebody who is working on the same show, the delight can go on all evening!

Every collaboration with a new person is like when you take a bin of Legos and dump them on the floor. All of the pieces to work with are right there. A floor full of Legos is full of possibilities.

It's part of the culture at ILM and at Lucasfilm that the work is better when you collaborate, you know. There's this culture of open exchange, a wonderful ego-free sharing of ideas and talent.

If you really want to step up your team's creative thinking, take a hard look at how many people you're putting in a room together. More than three to five is probably too many.

A film is not something that can be made over the phone or Skype. Creative people meet, spend time together, and then come up with something.

I'm always around creative people, and I'm trying to work on something constantly at all times.

Two people making a beat is really like one person making a beat. But you have another person's brain. So what might sound good to you, they could flip it a different way. It's really a collaborative effort, really.

It's been really exciting to work on a collaborative, creative team where we got to bounce ideas back and forth and figure out the best one.

Good ideas are free - or at least they should be.

I believe that if creative people are open and generous enough when working with each other, a lot more can be learned and achieved by both parties. That's what it's all about, trying to produce the best work possible on any given project.

Sometimes two artists wanna work together, but it doesn't mean it's gonna happen, because you have to find the right idea.