Mia Wasikowska Quotes

Working with Atanu again after 'Mayurakshi' is quite a challenge for me.

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

To work with somebody you love makes filming faster, more fun.

I've always appreciated working with people I have chemistry with, who are friends, and where you feel that the work is growing while you are getting to know each other better.

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.

Well, one of the best things is workin' with Muddy.

I have worked with Asin earlier in 'Housefull 2.' We had a good time working together.

I quite like it when you're working with people and you only get to know them through the scenes that you're doing together.

I think it's important when you make a record that you know you're working with the people who are going to get the best out of you.

Everyone had coverage. You might have like three lines, but there were 10 people, so they would cover each person. Three lines could take 12 or 15 hours, but it was fun because everybody was together. As hard as it was to shoot those scenes, I always enjoyed when we were all together.

I like the idea of collaboration - it pushes you. It's a richer experience.

People keep inviting me back. It's nice to work with the same people when you've had a good time previously, and this is one of those cases.

You make a movie and it's like convincing people to go on an expedition with you. You think you know where it's going to end up, and you're hoping and guessing. But, when people trust you and get involved, based on that trust, it's a really nice feeling to be able to have everything pay off.

When you're working with friends, unless the material is right, our friendship could end.

The reward of a successful collaboration is a thing that cannot be produced by either of the parties working alone. It is akin to the benefits of sex with a partner, as opposed to masturbation. The latter is fun, but you show me anyone who has gotten a baby from playing with him or herself, and I'll show you an ugly baby, with just a whole bunch of knuckles.

Just be nice to people and be someone people want to work with because if people don't like working with you it's just not going to work out.

You know, when you've worked with somebody before and you've worked very deeply and dangerously then you start with the relaxation and the trust right away and that lets you go even deeper, which is a lovely thing.

Everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you're a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level. Ultimately I'm the writer for me, but also anytime one of my friends gets stuck with a bit, they can call me and I'm pretty good at helping them get there. I think we all work together on some level, but for the most part, we're on our own.

It's never fun to do it by yourself. It's good to have other people that are on the same path as you. It's nice to have that in common and be able to converse with them. It's cool to share that.

This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together.

On a personal level, just for me in my own work, I would say the most interesting thing has been getting to work with the people that I've worked with.

For me, self-gratification eventually took a backseat to trying to do something collaborative with other people, to trying to make something new.

There's something really nice about having a group of people that you're committed to, that you work with and that there's a future in it. Film is like a party, and then it's over, whereas this hopefully feels like a family.

Film is a collaborative business: bend over.

Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.