Amanda Schull Quotes

I didn't know Ian Smith myself!

I meet with people in the industry on an ongoing basis.

I like people. That's me. I like people on the street, and I also happen to like other people who have power. But I'll go to a party and realise I haven't spoken to anybody who can do anything for me.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

I tell young people that people aren't just going to flock to you as your mentors. You have to seek them out. It could be your next-door neighbor; it could be somebody upstairs from you, somebody down the block from you. An aunt or an uncle. Some relative. A parent.

I like to get in among a set of people and get to know them very well.

I never pursued acting with, like, auditions. If anything, I was given roles by people who knew me and liked what I did.

Connections and relationships are important everywhere, anywhere - of course in China, because the rule of law it is not as strong as in the West, so a lot would rely on personal relationships.

It's who you know and who can help you.

Many of the crew members I work with and continue to work with were friends or have become close friends, and so we keep working together. And I like casting friends of mine or people I know in parts I know would be perfect for them. I like to bring things and people that mean something to me in to my work.

I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are very hard to organise but yes, I've known Doon for years and John as well but I hadn't met Will before, and he turned out to be a good laugh.

I don't want to name drop, but Russell Crowe is the most famous person in my phone.

Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.

There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally.

Between the three, Facebook is literally everyone I've ever shaken hands with at a conference or kissed on the cheek at Easter. Twitter seems to be everyone I am entertained by or I wish to meet some day. Foursquare seems to be everyone I run into on a regular basis. All three of those social graphs are powerful in their own.

My grandmother knew J.F.K. and L.B.J. That was her world. I enjoy meeting interesting people. But that's not my world.

Baseball is all about relationships, and in some ways, what know you and who knows you.

I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'

People think you can find a mentor by walking up to somebody and saying, 'Hey, be my mentor,' or by sending an e-mail to someone you've never e-mailed before and saying, 'Hey, I want you to mentor me.' But, mentorship really happens in rooms that you're actually in.

In Hollywood, it's not what you know but who you know.

I certainly think it's important to build relationships with movers and shakers in the fashion industry.

I think that you have to get out there and get with the folks and push the flesh and be connected to viewers and listeners.

Relationships will get you far in this industry. It's about how you move and how you act. Just be yourself.

The biggest part of why I am where I am today is not only because people can relate to me and my story but because I hit the road and actually saw them face to face and shook their hands.

The NBA is all politics. It's about who you know.