Maripol Quotes

I've had amazing experiences with directors who believed in me.

I'm honestly just trying to surround myself with talented people that I look up to/feel like I can learn from.

Scott Aukerman and Judd Apatow are two people who I owe a lot to, and it's always great to work with Scott whenever I can.

Park Bo Young was like a teacher to me. Personally, we were good friends, but at the same time, I admired her acting and learned a lot from her.

I worked with Mourinho and I became his friend as well. He likes me a lot and I like him a lot as a coach and as a person. He has put his trust in me and in my work, and I was very grateful to him.

Working with Will Smith was one of the highlights of my career. He is so talented and has a tremendous work ethic. We are still friends, and I reach out to him and his partner to pitch ideas. He loves my mother. In fact, my mother was his son Jaden's acting coach for the movie 'Pursuit of Happiness.'

T.I.'s my mentor; he's a really close friend of mine. I call him my brother like we talk on the phone all the time. He's helped me with my career.

Ted Griffin, who created 'Terriers,' is one of my dearest friends.

I want to work with a director who becomes my brother, my father, for two months. You give yourself over to that person.

We all know the personal relationship between Michel Platini and President Blatter. It was like a mentor and protege, or even father and son.

The most important thing I learned was the value of personal friendships and working cooperatively with your peers - the Academy has a saying, 'cooperate to graduate,' and that remains a very important central core in my thinking today.

My mum is the funniest and sweetest person I know; my sister's like my best friend, so it's great having them around.

I love working with Chris Carmack - he's a really, really good friend of mine.

All I can say, personally, is I have never learned more from an actor that I've worked with than Jeffrey Tambor. And I consider him one of my favorite, most valued people in my life.

Pete Krause has become a bit of a mentor to me. If there's anything that I'm struggling with right away, I'll go to him and I'll ask him questions. We've formed a really great relationship.

It's nice of guys to actually want to even pick my brain a little bit.

Luckily, for me, my first producer Sajid Nadiadwala treats both Tiger Shroff and me like his kids. He's very protective.

I have immense respect for Nitesh sir and really admire his work. He's one of my closest friends in the industry, with whom I can have a heart-to-heart chat.

Working with Subhash Ghai is always a different experience. Subhashji is my mentor. I'm always glad to work with him.

Because I didn't go to graduate school or have mentorship out of college, meeting other playwrights and developing those friendships as a result of being a 'grown up' playwright - that's become an essential community for me. My contemporaries are all my mentors whether they know it or not.

Pep trusted me, and I felt that trust. He won a lot of things, and I learned a lot from him during his Barcelona period.

I consider Rajamouli my guru. He is a friend with whom I can discuss all my professional and personal matters.

I can say that working with Jessica Lange has been one of the most incredible joys of my life.

Shahid is a paternal figure to me. He's almost like a teacher. All my life, I've learned so much by watching him. I can't possibly consider him as competition to me. In fact, I would say, we're a team.

I definitely think that my vibe has rubbed off on Drake a bit.