Rana el Kaliouby Quotes

My parents are my major supporters. I look up to Denzel Washington, Jack Nicholson and Jim Carrey. They have all opened my mind and helped me with my craft.

Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.

I've definitely had mentors, whether parents or friends or actors who I like.

It's so important to seek out mentors and knowledge from those who have come before you, and I don't think I would be where I am today, both professionally and personally, without each and every mentor who helped me along the way.

Teachers have been some of the most important people in my career.

Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun. You don't know everything, and that is so okay, because there are many people who want to help you along your journey. I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that.

My mentors in life are much older than me and have been through life. They can actually give me some sound advice on what I'm going through.

I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.

Paul Bearer was very influential in the early stages of my career. He constantly hounded me and I just think he realized the potential that was there. He convinced me that I was in the right place and doing the right thing.

My dad is a good role model for me, and then I had a high school coach that really helped me out when I was struggling and made a big difference in my life.

I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.

I have, I think, eight mentors. It's crazy, but I need them. They are all really important to me. They keep me grounded and advise me.

I don't necessarily have one mentor or 'a' mentor. But I do pull inspiration from people, and that's always kind of served me well.

I look at where I'm at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

It's been true in my life that when I've needed a mentor, the right person shows up.

I think I will never stop having mentors.

When I had older guys around me, I kind of leaned on them for advice and went through tough times.

I have a lot of role models.

Mentors don't just have to be people who are older or more experienced than you are. Mentors are people who really care about you, know you, and want to offer feedback and advice to help you grow.

I've got big homies that done been through the same thing I've been through and they made it out, changed their life and they come back and snatch young cats up and lecture them and let them know right way to do it.

I had some really incredible people who mentored me and gave me things I never got from my parents.

My mentors were very good.

I want to be less of a role model and more of a mentor. I don't ever want kids to put me on a pedestal and feel like they can't talk or reach out to me. I want to be there for them.

If I could turn into my old coaches, or my parents, then I'd consider that a definite plus.

There are a lot of people you never hear about that helped me a lot with my career and helped me become who I am that I've known for a long time and I still stay in touch with.