Matthew Ashford Quotes

You know, you can have someone who's the very best at something, but if there's not that kind of chemistry, collaborating is not going to amount to anything.

When you work with somebody you have chemistry with, it's easy and it's fun. You hardly call it work.

A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right.

There's a synergy with Dre and me.

The interaction with Marco Reus is also very good. We understand each other very well, both on and off the pitch. If we get along privately, then that affects things on the pitch. We're almost like brothers.

When you work with somebody, either the puzzle piece fits, or it doesn't.

There's no question about it: the best theatre is collaboration. The best anything is collaboration.

It should be easier to play opposite my wife.

I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with.

When you work with a DeNiro or Hoffman, they love what they do so much that there's never any competitive vibe. It's more about how do we do this thing together.

Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.

If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.

In many ways, a song-writing partnership is like a marriage. Apart from just liking each other, a lyricist and a composer should be able to spend long periods of time together - around the clock if need be - without getting on each other's nerves. Their goals, outlooks, and basic philosophies should be similar.

Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

If comedy duos don't like each other, it just won't work.

It would have been an interesting run if we hadn't gotten along! It was good casting, I suppose.

If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors.

I have two or three guys that I'm really close to. We have a great friendship, and I think that helps our songwriting relationship. It's hard to start... with new people and cover the ground that I've covered with those guys.

For me, it's not about being the best designer. I'm interested in being the best partner. The best collaborator.

I'm down to work with anyone as long as it's an organic collaboration.

No matter whom I've worked with, they've always created a great bond with me.

Certainly as a director you want to be working with people who are on the same page as you and that you can trust and get along with.

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.

When you have a fruitful relationship with someone, and you've both chosen to work together, then it can spawn really good things.

Me and Sheamus have a natural chemistry.