Vicky Kaushal Quotes

I've worked with incredible people that have set amazing examples for me.

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I don't say what I feel. I say what was said to me because my senior professionals were amazing to me. If I can do anything similar to the young pups, I will do that. My senior pros protected me and looked after me and made me feel amazing.

Working with Subhash Ghai is always a different experience. Subhashji is my mentor. I'm always glad to work with him.

Whatever I am today is because of my directors. Without their sheer hard work on me, I wouldn't be an actor.

I worked under Francis Schmidt, and he was the biggest influence on my coaching career.

For me Sir Alex was my father in football. He was crucial in my career and, outside football, was a great human being with me. Talent isn't everything. You can have it from the cradle, but it is necessary to learn the trade to be the best.

In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.

Leadership is possible in all different ways, and in all different areas of life. Whether it is with friends or family, I expect them to set a great example for me, and hopefully I will do the same for them. And that is all part of being a leader.

I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.

You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.

I think the greatest way to learn is to learn by someone's example.

One person who has taught me a lot and inspired me a lot was Peter Falk. I was fortunate enough to have worked with him in this movie called 'Vig.' He brought my work to a place where it literally shouldn't have been for another two or three years.

It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status.

My manager is definitely a mentor as well as Usher.

When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.

Jamie Foxx. He's been very much a mentor and friend, and we've worked together several times. He's just been such an influence in my career. There's nothing that man can't do, and that's something I would like to reflect in my career.

You always hope someone will take you under their wing and teach you - when it's Warren Beatty, it's like, 'Oh my God, how is this real?'

My producer for the first 'Kung Fu Panda' movie, Melissa Cobb, is an amazing woman. She's supersmart and helps push everyone - male, female, anyone - to do their best.

Phillip Noyce was not just good to me but an inspiration to me.

I like working with new and young directors.

I feel like I've been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.

Reese Witherspoon made me better. Just working with her, being with her, I learned so much. I want to be like her.

I was always surrounded by people that wanted to mentor you.