Kevin Macdonald Quotes

I think my lesson is to back yourself once you've been given a job. Far too often, I've been given a job and then doubted why I'm there.

You can't let challenges argue you out of doing what you know is the right thing.

Trust yourself so that the mistakes you make are the ones you've made and not something you've made because you were afraid to do what you wanted to do. Own your mistakes, then you can own your successes.

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say "In spite of all!" has the calling for politics.

When I was on 'The View,' I went backstage to Whoopi Goldberg's dressing room, and she told me, 'People are going to love what you do, and people are going to hate what you do, but you have to keep doing it. You have to stand up and do what you know is true, despite what people are going to say.' And I'm taking that into every aspect of my life.

You're not going to please everybody. I've just got to do whatever I feel is right, just use my judgment.

Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.

My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction.

I'm not going to allow myself to second-guess projects. I'm just going to do the ones that I fully love and believe in - that's a real privilege.

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.

If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

You can't second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.

I just felt that 'Golden Balls' was the right thing to do. I didn't care if people thought I was a failure.

There's nothing I've done that I feel a lot of regret over because I stuck to my guns, even when it got uncomfortable - and it will get uncomfortable because you're going up against the wall.

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.

We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.

I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.

I've become increasingly confidant in following intuitions ahead of thoughts as I produce more records.

I have an intuition, and usually my intuition is right. I have a feeling for whether a role will be good or bad for me, and I almost never make a mistake.

Every once in awhile we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do.

My dad always, he helped me by not helping me. He always said, being a producer, it was all about conviction.