Thomas Kretschmann Quotes

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.

I feel like I've been fortunate enough that I've gotten to meet and work with some really passionate people.

Working with Christopher McQuarrie and working with Tom Cruise; two people who are just so good at what they do, it just makes you better.

When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.

For me, the director is the most important thing. He is steering the boat. If you don't trust him, you won't be able to give him your all.

To be able to work with my idols is incredible. You learn so much, and they're wonderful as people, too.

When 'Humsafar' did well, every single person associated with it shined. Its DoP [Director of Photography], Shehzad Kashmiri, went on to become a huge director. So, a good and successful project just blesses everybody.

I just think that I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with some very fine filmmakers in the industry. I worked with some wonderful people on some really interesting projects. So I consider myself very fortunate.

In racing, we have a better chance of it happening quicker because we have attracted good people to come to work for us. It's the beginning of a great adventure, and we're looking forward to it.

So when you go to a set and you just fully trust everybody, you know how hard everybody's working, you know that the people doing it are good and have such a strong vision - that's exactly my experience on 'New Girl,' and what my experience on 'Veronica Mars' was like. Everybody was just so great.

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.

Obviously, I've been very lucky in general in my career, but I feel that I've been very lucky in terms of having directors come along at the right times who have taken me to the next level of where I needed to be.

At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did.

When you're working with good people it brings good things out in you.

I really trust Susan Stroman. I really think she knows what she's doing. I really trust Andrew Lippa and John August. I think they have proven themselves over and over again and know what to do, and they have the big picture in mind.

Most important, I have learned from my colleagues and students.

Whenever something good comes up that sounds like I could be part of the project, my manager and my agents send me in on it.

I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

It's always a learning experience every time I'm on set.

Working on any show that works is the best job you can possibly have in any area of the business. You've got so much going for you, a good community, everybody's hanging together, and you get to do it every week.

I'm always working with amazing people. They're just kind of put in my path.

Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.

No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

It's a privilege to be able to be involved with people as talented as the people I've had the luck to work with, and it's just been a great experience for me, and I'm glad that so many of the films I've had the luck to do were films that could be enjoyed by families together.

In sports, you play up to the level of your opponent, and I did some of my best work with Chevy, and I'm so grateful to have worked opposite him. He was a handful and a challenge, and he made me step up to the plate.