Rocky Carroll Quotes

I always have a ping-pong table in the studio. If you're with an artist and you notice the situation is going south a little bit, it's like, 'You wanna play ping-pong or foosball?' Or, 'You wanna go grab somethin' to eat?' And then you just like talk to them and relax them and get them comfortable and get yourself comfortable.

Sometimes things just click. The one contribution I tried to do, was shield the staff from the corporate politics that occur on any show. But yes, we all got along very well.

I think there are shows that are long-running and successful, where some or all of the cast members hate each other, but I think it's a lot easier to have an environment where everyone feels secure and supported to do the best work possible.

Employees don't need to be best friends, but there does need to be a level of mutual respect and understanding.

When you work with someone you don't quite know, you have to figure the director out, and you can come up with ideas that are counter-productive.

Some of my colleagues I have the most differences with in decisions are ones with whom I have a very friendly relationship. You have to be able to step back and look at the issues and your colleagues.

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

As it happens in relationships that are open and frank and based on mutual respect, you say things as you think them, and this doesn't mean that you don't work together in a constructive way.

It's normal that if you are working with a lot of people, then you have a lot of different mentalities and characters. You have the serious guy, and you have the one who is always complaining and the one who is always talking. Everyone is different.

Establish and maintain good working relationships with co-workers. You don't have to be friends, but you do have to be friendly.

I think when you work enough on your doing freelance stuff on other films, you start to feel what it feels like to work with people who are not totally on the same page as you.

It's like any normal job. There are people you butt heads with. The main thing is that while you might have difference of opinion, when you get into the ring you take care of each other and you don't try to hurt the other person.

When it comes to filmmaking, we have to deal with ego, anger, and a lot more; barring all these, how the team works towards the outcome matters.

I'd have to just say that working with other people, it's a different world from school.

The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor.

Working with my husband, I thought we would be at each other. As close as we are, our styles are so different. But it didn't happen - we were surprised.

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

I have a partner, Danny Strong; he's an incredible writer and, really, my backbone. So when we don't see eye to eye, it's painful.

Any good director, and I've worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly.

I've been on plenty of sets where I have not liked the people that I work with, but you suck it up and be professional.

Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.

A lot about Congress is about forming good working relationships with people, and humor can really help you do that.

I'm used to working alone. Frankly with some of the actors I've worked with, I've felt like I was working alone.

I think every time you work with another collaborator, there's an adjustment process where you figure out the other person's strengths, and that has definitely happened for me.

I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.