Georg Brandes Quotes

My father was a very difficult man.

If you chomp down too hard on my work, you're going to break your teeth.

My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.

My father is a very strict man.

My dad was quite an extreme man.

I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.

I can be unbearable sometimes asking for so many takes.

People have maybe, sometimes, said that I can, occasionally, be a teeny bit edgy and judgmental.

My father was judgmental and kind of mean, and I'm like that. And he was very perfectionistic, and I'm like that. And he was very hard on himself, and I'm like that.

I'm kind of harsher than most people.

To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie.

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.

I'm a very difficult person to live with.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

I looked up at my mom, and I was like, 'Well, Mom, uh, when you really think about it, C's aren't really that bad. C's are average.' And I've never seen my mom so upset, to this day. I just saw this flash of fire in her eyes, and she yelled, 'Average? You are never allowed to be average, because you look like me.'

I have been considerably picky for somebody who's not a movie star, and sometimes I get frustrated.

New Yorkers are historically tough crowds.

In Tom Cone's work nothing is easy.

It's hard to get me to even say I played good. That's just in me. I'm just never satisfied. A lot of my friends get annoyed by it.

I have extremely high standards.

Whatever you think rigor looks like, you should go up a few notches.

This sport is not very forgiving.

I ain't no easy fight for anyone.

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.