Mike Myers Quotes

I believe in saying 'yes.' I love to work, and I always believe that the schedule can work out if everything is willing to allow it to work out.

I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.

I have the philosophy of yes. If anybody asks me to do a job, I say, 'Yes.' I've said yes to everything.

I love what I do, and I take projects as they come.

A lot of directors say, 'Do whatever you want, and I'll just change it on set.' But I love being involved in every part of production. It's very exciting. It's like an empire of creation: Everybody is working so hard to respect a vision and an idea, and it's very weird and inspiring at the same time.

I love collaborating with different people.

When there's a clear vision, and you've got the creative teams working toward that goal, each on their own, it can then come together quite elegantly at the endpoint.

I think film is collaboration, and I always want to hear everyone's input.

Don't wait for someone to tell you what to do. Develop an innovative solution and work as a team to make it happen.

You have to think a little smarter, be proactive, not reactive.

I just try to find things that either need to be done, should be done, or where I can make a difference in a significant way. And the things I've been able to participate in have been very, very exciting.

When I work with other people, I don't have to do that - it's because I love to do it and I want to do it.

When Gene makes a movie, the people who work on it have such a love for him that the set is always a happy place.

You have to have doubts. I have collaborators I work with. I listen, and then I decide. That's how it works.

On 'Vikings,' nobody's got an ego. Michael Hirst is just so open and so collaborative.

When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically.

I go into each game with the same mindset of showing people what I can do and letting the rest take care of itself.

When I started doing projects for TV, I made sure to participate in the brainstorming sessions.

I try to stay aggressive for the most part, dictating, whatever the situation may be. Just trying to do whatever I can to help the team win.

I try to speak with my team-mates a lot because I need them everyday.

I'm lucky to be surrounded by incredibly talented people at Pixar, of course, and I learn a lot from them each and every day.

The path to success isn't through my lizard brain, it's through high quality collaboration and making good stuff and understanding difficult situations fully enough to come up with good (or even great) solutions quickly.

I like writing with people. I think the times that I've closed myself off to not writing with people, I haven't gotten the best product because I haven't had anyone to go back and forth with and really discuss what's going on in my life, what's going on in their life. It's so important to have that connection.

I rarely focus on the result only just because I think if I work well the results will come and if we work well as a team the results will come.

I took opportunities and made it work because I worked harder than everybody else. That's really where 'Stay Hyped' came from, that's my mantra because it's about always being up and being ready to go. That's what I've always had to do.