Atticus Ross Quotes

I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with.

I have two or three guys that I'm really close to. We have a great friendship, and I think that helps our songwriting relationship. It's hard to start... with new people and cover the ground that I've covered with those guys.

I only collaborate with the people I rock with in life, period. I rock with people where I really respect their craft and respect what they're doing. That's what collaboration should start from.

I think the best work flows out of a collaborative environment.

In many ways, a song-writing partnership is like a marriage. Apart from just liking each other, a lyricist and a composer should be able to spend long periods of time together - around the clock if need be - without getting on each other's nerves. Their goals, outlooks, and basic philosophies should be similar.

It is so killer to collaborate with someone who gets what you're trying to say.

It's joyful in that there's another point of view on all things, you know, not just mine. That's why I like to write and collaborate with people. There's another point of view, and when those two things come together, and people work at it really hard, they get something that is the whole is more than the sum of - is that how you say that?

There was something really special about working with Lena Dunham. I immediately felt very comfortable with her, and we spoke the same language.

It's easy to work with someone who shares your same work ethic, who likes to create like you do.

I think you function much better when you trust people and when you've got a sort of relationship where you can develop ideas within a framework.

I'd rather work with guys that have time to live with you, and let it gel.

Why not work with your friends? It's working with people you know, and you share the same sensibility.

I don't think it's a prize when actors and directors or writers and actors work together more than once. You have a trust and a shorthand and a lot of times you even reach the point, where in the process, you don't even have to talk.

The people I chose to work with me on this album are there because I have a personal relationship with them.

A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads.

I believe that if creative people are open and generous enough when working with each other, a lot more can be learned and achieved by both parties. That's what it's all about, trying to produce the best work possible on any given project.

Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.

I just think that with music, it's kind of like life, and so the people you work with, you generally develop a relationship. You don't have to try to explain things. You just know. It's like you're in the band together and striving for the same goal.

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.

Some couples could not work together but we enjoy working on our projects and building our art business.

If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.

I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.

What's great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That's what theatre is about: other people getting you to give your best, and getting everyone else's best out of them.

You know, you can have someone who's the very best at something, but if there's not that kind of chemistry, collaborating is not going to amount to anything.

There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work.