Mary McDonnell Quotes

The only thing I want to do is stuff with people who care about what they're doing.

If you're going to spend two or three years immersed in a subject, you better be deeply interested in it, or it won't be interesting to the reader.

When I start something, I know people I am working with, it's a project they're interested in.

I like to know that my actors or my performers are going into it with the same amount of passion that I have for the project. They're as dedicated to achieving as I am.

The best part of being married is, everything we face in life, we face as a team. I don't do a thing - professionally or personally - without discussing it with my wife.

Ummm... well, the only thing I want to do is stuff with people who care about what they're doing, which sounds obvious, but it's really not.

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.

The best partnerships aren't dependent on a mere common goal but on a shared path of equality, desire, and no small amount of passion.

You want to work with people you are excited about and they are excited about you. It's a two-way street.

Working with someone is the best way to get to know someone, especially if it's a creative endeavor.

I don't know if it's a actor thing or just growing as an adult, but the best thing I've learned is that everyone wants to do a great job, and everyone wants you to do a great job, too!

The more connected that individual is to an issue they care about, the higher probability there is they will stay involved over a longer period of time.

I know some people say it's not the best to work with your family, but I have never understood that because it's always worked so well for me.

It's hard to find good teamwork in practice, and I have never thought that we, as a party, were any better at working as a team than the Tories, despite our core values.

Sometimes it takes time to find people in the sport who share the same opinions and approach to racing as me.

It's inspiring to watch people love my dad and want to work with him. I feel that same investment in making sure people are happy.

Team playing, that's what I see when I'm out there watching the WNBA games. All the girls play as a team, and they have each other's backs, and that's great.

The reason I work with the same people, it's not just an accident.

My mantra is, I want to work with people that I like to hang out with, who are smart, where I can add value, that I think is an interesting space.

I love when you get to work with people who care about the project as much as you do because then, you're altogether in. I feel like I've been lucky so far to have the chance to work with people who work that way.

You cannot build a partnership on four games.

Team sports is the best for bonding. These sports lessons are also true for startups. You want to be at the top of every endeavour, but you win some and you lose some. As a team, however, you always pump each other up and move forward.

Great teams, you see players working off of wavelengths. Telepathic, not even actual physical things.

For entrepreneurs, choosing your co-founders is like a professional marriage. You're going to go through tough times, and you need to remember that ideas can change, but business partners can't.

The best kind of accountability on a team is peer-to-peer. Peer pressure is more efficient and effective than going to the leader, anonymously complaining, and having them stop what they are doing to intervene.