David Fincher Quotes

I don't believe in luck. Everything is our doing or undoing. If something doesn't come out right, then as a director, you have to take full responsibility. You can't just say, 'No, I gave this job to the music supervisor. They promised me they would do it, and they didn't do it.' You can't blame anyone else.

Captains are always criticised.

I think a lot of the time, when things were going wrong, I would get blamed for things because I was the point guard.

Curiously enough, it is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do.

If you want to know why your people are not performing well, step up to the mirror and take a peek.

I am aware that as an actor, I can blame others for the failure of a film, the director, the script, choice of co-stars, timing of the release and so on. But now, as the director, I will have to shoulder all the blame.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

There is an isolated experience to being a director. It's very communal because there's a crew, but it's only you. You're the one on the hook.

I have been very lucky to have final cut in all my films; everything that is wrong in them is my fault.

Being a leader requires being confident enough in your own decisions and those of your team to own them when they fail. The very best leaders take the blame but share the credit.

If you are going to point a finger, you point it at me.

You get blamed for whatever happens on your watch.

I know how prone we are to censure and how ready to blame others for the non-fulfillment of our expectations. This is unbecoming in a generous people, and I grieve to see its expression. The general remedy for the want of success in a military commander is his removal. I have been prompted by these reflections more than once since my return from Pennsylvania to propose to Your Excellency the propriety of selecting another commander for this army.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

I am always the one who is responsible for anything bad that happens in Indian cricket. Everything that happens is because of me.

Anytime you're playing with a team that's losing, the main guy is going to take a lot of the heat.

The fault always lies in the candidate or the head coach or the guy holding the ball.

When things go well, the quarterback is the one who sees all the attention. When things go wrong, they are the ones who get criticized the most.

Any time a team doesn't score points, it's on me.

We are all in situations of our own choosing. Our thinking creates a pathway to success or failure. By disclaiming responsibility for our present, we crush the prospect of an incredible future that might have been ours.

When you point your finger 'cause your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you!

People should always know better.

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

No one to blame! That was why most people led lives they hated, with people they hated. How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right. You may be fragmented, but you feel absolved of all the blame for it. Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.