Shonda Rhimes Quotes

I love everybody that I work with, and we have so much fun.

At the end of the day, you want to work with people you want to work with - regardless of what they've done. Being able to spend 15 hours on a set with somebody and enjoy every minute of it - that's what it's really about.

My absolute favorite thing about working on 'Liv and Maddie' is my cast and crew: the people that I spend almost every hour of every day with.

Everyone at 'CSI' has been so great to work with, and so great in terms of scheduling. There's a real feeling of family on that set... I've grown to have so much respect for the cast and crew - they're been together so many years and still care about the show and each other.

There's nothing like working with your mates - it's the way it should be, as far as I'm concerned.

You want to work with people who you like and have an easy rapport with.

I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.

I think, for me, it's very important to have a good team and to feel comfortable in the environment.

Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.

When you're having a good time working on something, and you all like each other, it shows in ways that you don't even realize.

It makes things very easy when the people you are working for have trust and believe in you and actually really like and respect your work.

What's funny is that all the artists I've collaborated with, I get this feeling that they want me to win. They're always asking my opinion, always giving me advice.

I think it's so much fun to work with people who you like and love and are close to.

All I can say is I am lucky I have never had any misunderstandings with my co-stars.

Being on a successful television show is a good thing. It's steady work. It's a chance to work with a group of people in an intimate way... where you develop a sort of shorthand with each other, and a trust.

When you work with a DeNiro or Hoffman, they love what they do so much that there's never any competitive vibe. It's more about how do we do this thing together.

I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.

I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done.

That's ultimately the thing that sticks out to you most, that's most important to me, is that I have the respect of my teammates.

That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment.

Every actor I've worked with I want to work with again.

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.

In many ways, a song-writing partnership is like a marriage. Apart from just liking each other, a lyricist and a composer should be able to spend long periods of time together - around the clock if need be - without getting on each other's nerves. Their goals, outlooks, and basic philosophies should be similar.

You need to have camaraderie in the clubhouse. Wherever you're working, be it a baseball team or at a business, you want to walk in there and say, 'Geez, it's great to be at work. Let's go get 'em,' as opposed to walking in there knowing there's going to be a commotion.

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends.