Christian McKay Quotes

I've got a good team, got great agents that I know are going to handle the business side, and I trust those guys.

I was so naive I didn't even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected Bill Morris to be waiting for my call.

I have the best agent, manager, publicist, acting coach, and lawyer. Without them, I wouldn't have the opportunities that I've had.

My biggest problem in my life is I'm cheap and I didn't hire a publicist. In every awkward interview, normally actors get these things scripted.

You can get good at finding access in the entertainment business. But the ideas, the narratives themselves, they are the only things that are going to be of any value.

I like to be the captain of my ship and be involved with everything from stage production, merch, art, and rollouts.

I wanted to understand the business side of entertainment, and that's why I decided to complete my MBA while I was in Delhi.

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

As an artist, illustrator, and photographer, most of my daily work was formed around the Art & Entertainment business, which was about packaging ideas that looked like they were crafted as artist ideas. In the distributed products, my artist credit was hidden inside the package of the artist or entertainment personality.

Twitter, just every once in a while I put something out there basically to promote whatever I'm doing, but I don't see any of that as representing me or who I am or being a brand.

I'm trying to become a young CEO, to brand myself in television and movies.

It's show business. No show, no business.

I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.

Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

I loved working with 'The Avengers' cast and we had a great time, but it was a job, and they had other commitments during that job, so they would go off and do other things.

I know actors who court personal publicity because they believe no publicity is bad publicity.

In a business, you have a vision, and you follow the vision. You have to execute. And then you have to learn how to run a good business. And I think if you look at the characteristics of any successful fashion business, it's all about that.

I'm not really an actor, I'm a reactor; I'm a pitchman. That's what I do best. Nobody can do it any better.

This is what he has been selling on the 'The Apprentice', through his self-help books, how to - you know, 'Trump 101' or the 'Art of the Deal' or, really, back to 'Art of the Deal'. So almost the more he gets away with, the more he is reinforcing his brand.

I only do the press for the work. I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote or endorse things or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world.

I believe in wishing my colleagues and other celebs in a manner that brings my wit out and gives people a talking point. But there are people who love and those who hate you. That's part of a celeb's life.

As an executive producer, I feel really lucky.

My mom did more press than me for 'Faces.'

Fame is something that is tough when it comes. It's a weird thing to take on in real life. I was a little bit afraid and, as a result, kind of turned my back on it. You should embrace it because it's going to be a part of who you are, and it's going to be a part of what this business is about.

You have to be dope; you have to find an audience and reach that audience with your identity and your message.