Rupert Friend Quotes

Leadership is more about clarity than it is about control.

Hold firm to your vision but don't be a tyrant on set.

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

Leaders set a very clear path every day, in a thousand different ways, of what the people must attend to, inhibit, and keep it current in front of them.

As a leader, you have to have a vision that inspires people around you.

You have to lead by example. You have to be the calmest person in the room. You have to be very open. I think the qualities of a director are to enable and to find the best in everybody.

As a business owner, leadership is more than just telling others what to do. Leadership is about the investment we make into others and the responsibilities we accept for being the voice and direction that others count on.

Good direction is often based on the ability to communicate.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right.

Directing, what little I know, is as much knowing when to step in as when to step out.

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

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.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

In the end, leadership comes down to consistency and strong, confident action upon which the team can rely - and this doesn't mean imposing a bunch of rules.

There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.

I think a good director is a good listener.

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.

Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you've succeeded as leader.

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.