Monica Bellucci Quotes

A great director or leader knows his people, creates a great team, and then makes a great movie that can influence millions more than the readers of his column.

All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

I think a good director is a good listener.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.

'Super 8' was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun working with J.J. Abrams, who I think is a kid in a grown man's body, which is a great ingredient for any artist in our business. You have to be a kid at heart to be able to make believe, and his imagination is phenomenal.

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

Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.

I haven't worked with a director who is a crazy person at all.

The idea, as a director, is to be able to bring everybody on board and to inspire and give energy to everybody and to explain specific color, specific ambience. I need to be very precise, but I think I'm a better director when I'm more a channeler than a dictator.

There is always a collaboration between the director and the actors, and you always have to listen as the actors have to listen to you as a director. In the end, you as a director, of course, are the captain on the ship.

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

I'm learning more and more to share creativity with the crew and actors. A film crew is more powerful if you listen to them, but it does make my job more tough because I have to listen.

Every film you work on is different, and that's part of what it's like for anybody who works on a film, is to learn how to work with others. Learn from top to bottom. Actors have to learn how to work with the director and the director has to learn how to work with actors, and that's not just those two departments.

I'm an actress who likes a strong, communicative director.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.

Fashion is much more collaborative than one might think. You have to have an idea and vision, and you have to communicate that vision to a team of people, and you have to create an environment that allows those people to give the best that they can give.

The funny thing about directing is that you have your own opinions, but it's a collaboration. Directing is a group effort. Even though you might think something works, the smartest thing you can do as a director is try and weigh the opinions of the people around you.

There's a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.

Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

Directing, I just feel comfortable. I know what I want. I know what I want from my crew. I lead by example. I have limitless energy as a director.

I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.