Masi Oka Quotes

One of the things I wanted to do was direct. There've been a couple of times that a director will walk up and say something to me, and all it does is make me mad. Inside I'll go, 'Well, that wasn't helpful at all.'

I think it's important to have professional lessons or advice.

Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

When I was starting out, William Goldman took me under his wing, and he's still the person I show pages to.

If you teach someone your craft, while you're teaching them, you're going to learn because you're going to get better at teaching, which is going to make you better at whatever you're doing.

George Morris is a legend. I was lucky enough to have been on a number of his U.S. show-jumping teams and am constantly trying to learn from him.

I've always been very passionate about investing time in and sharing my expertise with other entrepreneurs.

There's no shortcut to being a manager or coach.

Coach Godsey is a brilliant mind, a great teacher, and it's been fun learning from him so far.

I feel like I always learn from somebody who can do something better than I can.

I definitely have been very mindful of what kind of leader and creator I want to be. A lot of that has to with looking at the writers that you work with. They're all like your children. They all need love, but different versions of it.

I listen to the people that know the position. People that coach me. People that I always seek advice from.

Jose Mourinho and I get along well. I've lots of respect for him. He gives me a lot of confidence. After a bad game, he dares to say, 'We have played with 10 today,' but that's it. At moments like that, he leaves me alone.

Everybody at the Performance Center is trying to help you in their own way, and they give you their opinion on what they think will work or what they think you should do.

I want to train with whoever is the best.

It is important to challenge your major players. You need to keep them on their toes but there are ways of doing that. Sometimes you have to be a shoulder to cry on. You can't be constantly at them.

Everyone who has had success in his or her field of endeavor has had a mentor along the way.

Getting somebody like Phil Jackson to come in and build the team is sort of like getting Einstein to help you with your math homework.

Anyone who has been successful and has knowledge to share is a potential mentor.

I'm not a trained actor. I surrender to my directors, and they make me act.

I always try to look at kids like I'm in the locker room, and I'm a teammate.

Witten was my guy. I stayed in Wit's hip pocket and did everything I could to learn from him, learn how to be a pro.

A director's job is like parenting. You have to look after your actors like children, pay attention to each of their different abilities.

Mentorship is important for everybody, but it can come in a variety of forms. It can come from your boss or another colleague who may be more of a peer, or someone who reports into you if they have a lot of experience or creative experience.