Todd Haynes Quotes

You have to be open to other people's ideas, and you can't be too married to your own.

I'm open to whatever. I think sometimes when people collaborate these days, it's a little bit convenient.

I think actor is one of those jobs where you don't stop learning, even if you have a career longer than my little five years! You're meeting new people all the time, so you might as well just be a sponge and take everybody's input and style as a bit of a lesson.

I think I can work with any type of actor.

If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global economy.

I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I'm always open to learning everybody's style - the director, the actor I'm working with.

I believe you can work with anybody.

One of the things I've learned by working on the 'Walking Dead' and other TV shows is to be more tolerant of other people's process.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.

People who work with me say I have a four-step response to new ideas: rejection, reconsideration, acceptance, ownership. I need to listen more patiently.

I know how to work with people. I've worked with the same people for 10 years. I'm not that kind of auteur. I hear ideas.

The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.

When you collaborate, you have to be willing to scrap a lot.

You can learn a little bit from everybody, so you should be able to work a bit with everybody.

I'm somebody who doesn't feel the need to be in the driver's seat all the time. I appreciate the perspective of being in the passenger's seat sometimes, and I feel fortunate for that because I've learned a lot from that perspective.

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.

At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful.

But, you always have to listen to everyone, because I'm not always right and other people have great ideas, too. I think that makes great moviemaking.

Van Gaal is receptive to other people's ideas.

What's great about our leadership is they welcome other ideas.

I'm an improvisational actor. I like to do my own thing. But once in a while, I think you should have the self-restraint to let someone else dictate the story.

I take great pride in being able to work with anybody.

I wanted to be open. On the last project, "Affection," I co-wrote everything. Sometimes, I think, it's smart to step away and be open.

My favorite thing about acting is you have to learn how to work with people that you probably would never try to. Some people just aren't supposed to be in a room together, and you have to be in a room with a group of people who might not all get along and you have to figure out how to come together for one thing. That collaboration is special, and people don't get to exercise that. I think that's why people become stubborn, and I think that's why people become uninspired to change. In this job you have to.