Ronald Meyer Quotes

And I just want to work with good directors and good people.

The greatest luck that I've had has been the ability to find men and women who came into my administration who worked with me and brought extraordinary talents that we were able to take full advantage of.

My thing is you're only as good as the people you work with. I've been blessed to work with the Wayanses and Eddie Murphy and Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, and it makes you better.

It has been crazy and amazing. I had never thought I would work with Akshay and Rajinikant and would get to associate with these talented people.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

I think that I've learned to relax, and trust in and hire very talented people, and trust in their abilities a little more.

When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.

I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.

One measure of your success will be the degree to which you build up others who work with you. While building up others, you will build up yourself.

I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.

You go through this business and you meet people that you bond with, and you get to go make movies with them. It's wonderful. What I've always dreamt of, in my career, is to have a brotherhood of collaborators, and go in and out of working with them. I'm just starting to get that, and it's really lovely.

You can't build any kind of organization if you're not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.

Yeah, I've had the privilege to know a lot of really talented people.

During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and associating with many outstanding leaders.

I think there are those individuals who are intimidated by really smart, talented people. But for me, surrounding yourself with great talent is the key to success.

So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

It would be a joy for me if someone who was working with me became a big success.

In the film business, when you're young, you just want to work. But when you're older, it has more to do with who's involved with the project - who you're going to get in the boat with.

I don't even know what a traditional producer is or does. I feel like the job is like being a coach, building good work habits and building trust. You want to get to a point where you can say anything and talk about anything. There needs to be a real connection.

If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.

It's definitely team work with my fashion career. The trick is to surround yourself with the best people, those whose opinions you really trust and value.

If there's any secret to my success, it's that I just hire people who are smarter and more talented than I am.

I'm just trying to be the best I can be. I try to surround myself with people who are strong in areas I'm weak. Which is why I have such a big staff.

I think the movie business, you meet people, and you work intensely with them, and you have these relationships - there's an intimacy to it and a familiarity to the relationship because you're having to let go of all your barriers so you can let people in and work with them.