Mike Davidson Quotes

The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

When you're working in the industry, and you're working with people who are well known and are so regarded, you do just pick up on things. Talking to people and hearing their stories, you learn a lot.

Relationships will get you far in this industry. It's about how you move and how you act. Just be yourself.

You've got to develop relationships. You can't do things just in a formal context.

I get to meet different directors and different people.

One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.

It's really about making opportunities for yourself and connecting with people on a more-than-normal level. That opens doors. You never know if the caterer's brother is someone. You don't know who someone is having dinner with that night. So being a nice person and touching people creates opportunity.

You have to realise that everyone that you are working with is important. It doesn't matter where you are starting from; you are always going to run back into those people, and they are going to talk, and that's going to be the base of whether you get good opportunities or not.

You must develop personal contacts if you want to be successful.

I have been with some great organizations, crossed paths with special people, and made numerous lasting relationships.

You need to be really great at your job. You need a strong network of peers, and you need a strong network of mentors.

If you join a growth organization, you'll likely do different things in different roles throughout your career. It's excellent to learn and build with others. You'll meet people you want to work with.

At the beginning of my career before anything started propelling, I used to blow up everybody. I was trying to work with whoever got next.

Actors tend to be quite good at getting on with people. If you’re an arsehole, people don’t want to work with you. You won’t get hired Well, there are a few arseholes.

The only advice I give to acting students is, 'Be nice to your underclassmen. You never know who might be in a position to help you get a job one day.'

I'm always fascinated by the 'who would you like to work with' question. I've never really had an answer; it only really comes as you work with them.

I meet with people in the industry on an ongoing basis.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

Whenever something good comes up that sounds like I could be part of the project, my manager and my agents send me in on it.

The reality is that SXSW is packed with brilliant entrepreneurs, investors and partners. They're everywhere, zipping back and forth like thousands of atoms. Your chances of colliding with one actually improve just by standing still.

I love keeping a connection with everyone I've worked with.

It's because of 'ER' that I've gotten the opportunity to get the work.

The best part of my carreer is getting to meet so many different people, because I learn so much from everyone.

I'm usually always a big fan of the people that I'm working with, because I get to work with big people.