Richard Gere Quotes

The thing I noticed, have learned the most about directors, is: when they're very confident in themselves, they're open to creativity from other people. If they're scared or nervous, then they shut off and nobody's ideas [count].

I love being around people that contribute. It doesn't matter where the good idea comes from. A good idea is a good idea.

Organizations that can diminish fear are those that are able to motivate, create, and innovate.

A good head has one hundred hands.

At a well-run company, good ideas are embraced no matter where they come from.

Sometimes other people have better ideas.

I've learned that if you can keep it calm and keep it fun and loose, then that allows for ideas from the crew. I don't care where an idea comes from, whether it's the crew or my producer or the actors or anybody. I just want it to be fun, and if that's the case, then I think you make a better movie.

We should invest in people not ideas. A good idea is often destroyed by bad people and good people can always make a bad idea better.

The studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens.

I'm much more collaborative than I probably was when I was first starting, much more willing to say, "I don't know the answer to that." I have really talented people and let them do their jobs and not try to control everything as much as I did when I was starting. I was a bit more insecure.

One of my philosophies as a director is to listen to other people's great ideas because they'll help make you better.

If you're a leader at any level and your people aren't challenging you, you've got to change that or you can't be a leader here because you're not going to be using ideas, you're not going to have innovation, you're not going to fully develop your people. And if you're working in a group and you don't challenge, then you're not really doing your job.

You don't want to be the smartest person in the room; you want to be the dumbest in the room. You want to be surrounded by other thinking people who are going to say something that makes you think, "Oh, my God, that's an amazing idea. Why didn't I think of that."

I think that I've learned to relax, and trust in and hire very talented people, and trust in their abilities a little more.

Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.

I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I'm always open to learning everybody's style - the director, the actor I'm working with.

You need to mesh the voices of people with expertise and meritocracy.

With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, Can I sing this part, or, I want to play guitar. I feel like I have more courage to do that.

As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone.

Innovation is all about people. Innovation thrives when the population is diverse, accepting and willing to cooperate.

It's very exciting to work with people who inspire you.

BuzzFeed started as a lab with a small team where we would play with ideas.

I manage through a sense of humor. We all work hard, and work has to be a really interesting, fun place. And that has to start at the top.

The thing about working at Pixar is that everyone around you is smarter and funnier and cleverer than you and they all think the same about everyone else. It's a nice problem to have.

In my view, it's irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others.