Ben Casnocha Quotes

I'm into people's emotional lives and relationships and the complications of living. That's my turf.

I never dreamt that I would do all the things that I have done. But things just happened to me all the time.

One of the ways you learn about life is to associate with people.

You reflect on the people who used to be in your life, and it's like, 'Wow, I can't believe that person was ever really in my life.' But people are put into your life for seasons, for different reasons, and to teach you lessons.

My work is about life as you and I experience it. You're either lucky or you're not lucky; either your relationship works or it doesn't.

I think the reason why a lot of young people are such screw ups... is oftentimes they didn't have the luxury I had of forming important relationships and opinions and life experiences before having success.

I always had ambitions to work in the U.K. I just never thought it was gonna happen so soon. So I think, obviously, I wouldn't have gotten 'The Riot Club' if I wasn't in England. I wouldn't have gotten 'Pride' if I hadn't done 'The Riot Club.' And so maybe I would just have been on a totally different trajectory, but who knows?

I've met so many who have opened doors for me and remained in my life both personally and professionally. After a while, networking doesn't feel like 'networking.' It's both serendipitous and unpredictable, and something that just naturally becomes part of your work life and your personal life.

I've gotten to meet so many talented people!

People will complain that they don't want to wait around for lightning to strike, but why not? If you invest yourself in chance, the potential for disappointment is pretty low.

The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life.

One good maxim to keep in mind, and I can't remember who said it, "You meet the same people on the way down that you meet on the way up, but you're going the other way."

Relationships are the only thing that matter in business in life.

In my life the most influential people are people who are sort of brought to me, as opposed to people I seek out.

Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun.

Things don't have to come to you in your youth. It's fine for them to come to you when you get older. That's a motto in my household.

It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man.

A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usual a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work. It is almost always a clumsy balance between the things you try to make happen and the things that happen to you.

I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

Having a child with someone, you're always going to be respectful of that. But the song 'I Bet' was honestly inspired by my life experiences - I can't just say it's from one experience.

I suppose I am interested in the variety of human life - how people live. I am most interested in individuals and how they respond to challenges or to difficulties or just to each other. I am curious about people.

Nothing I ever did I expected to do. It just kind of happened.

I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes.

The stuff that matters in life is no longer stuff. It's other people. It's relationships. It's experience.