Mandy Ingber Quotes

I look to play the same way wherever I play.

As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Our people must make strenuous efforts and always adopt flexible ways.

If one has a flexible attitude, one knows how to deal with changing situations

You have to learn to be fluid and go where you're needed, when you're needed. You've gotta be flexible. I think that's what acting is.

You gotta be versatile, man.

I can adjust to any situation.

Obstinacy alone is not a virtue.

One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.

When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.

You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it's important to have a bit of both.

Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change.

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.

You gotta be both flexible and persistent.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

I keep my ears open. The world can change overnight; that's what happens in this world. You never know. You have to keep your eyes and ears open. If you can't keep up, you ain't gonna catch up. I've been making records since 1953, and you just have to keep up.

In acting, quite a lot of the time you're not the first choice. Usually, you're second or third. And it can turn out to be the best thing that ever happened. You get used to that.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

There has been a lot of movement in my family, but in a way, it has been great. It has made me adaptable. I can plonk myself anywhere.

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.

A lot of people have a lot of faith in Karole Armitage. They see her as bold, inventive, indefatigable. 'America isn't working out? There's always Europe. Ballet? No? Go modern. Keep going! Show 'em!'