Jon Watts Quotes

Film is a collaborative art form. If you're not being collaborative, you probably shouldn't be working in film. You don't do it on your own. People who understand that, cultivate that, get the best results.

Even the lamest page can be saved by collaboration.

I think most co-directors and co-writers just hold hands.

The thing I like to stress about TV is that it's a team exercise. You really can't have too much of an ego.

I just can't say enough about the actors having faith and trust in the writers and the writers having faith and trust in the actors.

And 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' was a very transitional film for me in that I was one of the producers and you know, came up with the idea with the writer and the producer, as well. But, it was a very collaborative event. You know, I really love working in that way.

I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.

I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.

I'm very humble in terms of knowing that television is an extraordinary collaborative medium and that one person alone cannot make a great TV show.

I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.

I've always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal.

Basically, the way I do it is I get to work with a bunch of people; get a bunch of great people together, and you'll be able to get something cool on the other side.

There was a time in my career when my hackles would really get raised if someone came in and said, 'We need you to do this or that.' But the fact of the matter is, you're working in a shared universe, and all elements of the universe are, ideally, going to mesh and work together. That's my goal. I want to be on the team.

I think it reaffirmed something that I believed in and conceptually always had faith in which was that you're most effective when you work as a team. I love that about filmmaking. I stopped playing team sports at 15-16 because of acting. I think I find a kind of new team sport in filmmaking in a way.

I really think the people I run into in the NBA, whether it's the front office side or in coaching, everybody wants to work in an atmosphere where everybody's pulling in the same direction.

The teams that are successful from ownership to management to coaching - there is a singleness of purpose. There's enough credit for everyone. No one gets territorial. It's just good - and it shows on the field.

I've always kept in mind, team first.

I like working with writer-directors because you can solve problems right there.

I think the best work flows out of a collaborative environment.

A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

Collaboration is the way to go. It's very timely and fun to do.

The most important thing for Quentin and the most important thing for me is to make the best film possible.

The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.

I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself.