Industry Understanding Quotes

I walked away from the Jive Records situation, but I still have a great relationship with a lot of the workers and a lot of people who were in that system that have moved on to other places. I felt like being there; it totally wasn't understood what the Raheem DeVaughn movement was about.

In your company or industry, work every job in that industry. It's the only way of having a complete understanding of your people and your company.

I think Nintendo is fortunate, having been in this business for over 30 years, to really understand the dynamics and recognize that it's software that drives hardware, and it's new, unique, compelling experiences within software that make it stand out.

You grow up a lot in terms of your understanding of the industry and how to deal with the corporate things.

My model is much deeper than looking after players. My model is understanding the industry, working within it.

I'm very analytical about the industry and I understand that there are value systems, and all sorts of things like that.

It used to annoy and frustrate me to have to come in and audition. I would say to my agents, 'Haven't they seen this film and this film and this film? They know what I look like... They must.' Until I directed an episode of 'Roswell.' And all of a sudden, I realized why that was such an important thing.

I wanted to be just a normal girl flirting with a normal guy. It's like, you meet people, and they know this stuff about you. It's why you want to meet somebody who's in the same business, only because they understand more. But you don't necessarily want to be with another actor.

I have a strong command of what's going on in the company.

I think you can give a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry.

The more people are listening to music and experiencing it, the more value for both the music companies and the artist, especially when their financial model is built around that. With the music industry, everybody is starting to understand that doesn't begin with a piece of music.

It's not easy for an outsider to understand this industry.

Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies.

Know the business you're in for whatever you do, know it and understand how it works so you can be successful.

I do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you're away a lot. If you're dating somebody outside the industry, it can be hard to understand that.