The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.
Robert KiyosakiEvery time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.
Jackie ChanFriends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
Arthur SchopenhauerThe future of American film lies on television.
David HareIf I’d married someone in show business, there’d be too much competition.
Dolly PartonAt the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor.
Kevin HartWhatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues – of my comrades in the movement – who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.
Nelson MandelaI never called my work an ‚art‘. It’s part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
Walt DisneyIf anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It’s really only to be heard when everyone’s out enjoying it.
David ByrneI’m a big fan of Aamir Khan… Among actresses, I like Aishwarya Rai.
Virat KohliA lot of dumb pictures have made a lot of money, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to be anything cinema students will revel over in the future.
Clint EastwoodI don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
Matthew McConaugheyI’ve seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
Jackie ChanI have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they’re actresses or singers or things like that.
Taylor SwiftI love making movies, but there’s nothing like performing live.
Dwayne JohnsonBeing flooded with information doesn’t mean we have the right information or that we’re in touch with the right people.
Bill GatesFilm is a very tight little box. If you don’t fit in that box, you’re gone. Television, there’s more room to move around.
George LucasI think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That’s a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.
Madeleine AlbrightA film is sort of binary – it either works or it doesn’t work. It has nothing to do with how good a job you do. If you bring it up to an adequate level where the audience goes with the movie, then it works, that is all.
George LucasI know Gov. Christie. We’ve met a couple of times.
Dwayne JohnsonAll of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
John C. MaxwellEven now I will go to, like, an industry event, and all the ladies will be over here and all the guys over here, and I will go to the guys‘ table and sit because I just feel I can have a much better conversation over there. And that’s automatic; it’s not prejudice.
RihannaOne of the skills I had to learn and become proficient in is kissing a man. I had never kissed a man. Will Smith did it in his movies, so did Jake Gyllenhaal, and I figured it was my time. So it was me and Steve Carell – fantastic.
Dwayne JohnsonI’m just changing the game because I know what the fans want and the people want ‚cause I’m a fan of hip-hop.
DJ KhaledI’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
Franklin D. RooseveltI think, first of all, I don’t think people understand Ice Cube’s body of work. Ice Cube is a, and I hate to use the word ‚urban‘ but – when you think of Judd Apatow, and a person who’s launched so many careers, Ice Cube has done that for so many comedians, you know?
Kevin HartYou’ve gotta understand that with branding and the way things are promoted, in our day and age, your older movie stars are not reachable or accessible because they’re not a part of the whole social media world.
Kevin HartI know I’m more on television, and I’m more recognisable than maybe even the players because they run and train, but I just stand there, and my face does all these funny things that everyone can see all the time.
Jurgen KloppIn California, they don’t throw their garbage away – they make it into TV shows.
Woody AllenThe movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
Will RogersYou can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
Dale CarnegieYou can’t be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who’s for you and who’s against you.
Samuel JohnsonPeople who work for me know that family comes first. And I’m fortunate to have a family that is very supportive of the work I do, so I don’t have to live two separate lives.
Kamala HarrisUsing e-mail, I can communicate with scientists all over the world.
Stephen HawkingI think some of my colleagues‘ spicier lines are distracting. They draw attention away from what the justice is trying to say.
Ruth Bader GinsburgWhen you’re doing a film and the majority of the film is cast black, for me, it’s most important to get people to view those movies as just movies, as just good movies. At the end of the day, regardless of the color of the cast, we’re all doing the same thing in this business: trying to make a good film.
Kevin HartI don’t think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that’s what counts.
Angelina JolieI want to be an executive producer.
Abby Lee MillerI have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense… I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.
Anthony HopkinsIt’s very intense to be in front of a live audience. It’s just an amazing experience. It’s dangerous. Everything out there is heightened. The bad stuff is extra-worse. The silences are extra-silent. The good stuff is amazing. It’s electric when you walk out there. For 90 minutes, you’re on this other planet.
Steven WrightYou have to look for teachers. If you want to be a mechanic, go hang out with mechanics.
Robert KiyosakiSocial media is called social media for a reason. It lends itself to sharing rather than horn-tooting.
Margaret AtwoodBrad and I have never wanted our kids to be actors, but we also want them to be around film and be a part of Mommy and Daddy’s life and for it not to be kept from them, either. We just want them to have a good, healthy relationship with it.
Angelina JolieWe want Facebook to be one of the best places people can go to learn how to build stuff. If you want to build a company, nothing better than jumping in and trying to build one. But Facebook is also great for entrepreneurs/hackers. If people want to come for a few years and move on and build something great, that’s something we’re proud of.
Mark ZuckerbergReally, who you are is defined by the people who you know – not even the people that you know, but the people you spend time with and the people that you love and the people that you work with. I guess we show your friends in your profile, but that’s kind of different from the information you put in your profile.
Mark ZuckerbergThis may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my Facebook page, my Twitter account, I talk to different people from all over the world, and you see how it’s easy to establish a dialogue.
Paulo CoelhoI know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don’t, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that’s fine, but I can’t work like that.
Anthony HopkinsHow do people relate to movies now, when they’re on portable devices or streaming them? It’s not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.
Keanu ReevesI haven’t gone out of my way to seek advice from people I don’t know.
Lando NorrisI laugh all the time – at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don’t laugh onstage because then it’s serious business.
Steven WrightI wanna thank MTV and the VMAs for choosing me to be a part of the show because, on this show, if you not an icon or upcomin‘ icon, you’re not on the show, you know?
DJ KhaledI personally don’t like to go see romantic comedies. But people do want to see them, and they seem to want to see me in them.
Matthew McConaugheyI think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women’s issues to the center of our foreign policy.
Madeleine AlbrightIn Los Angeles, everyone is a star.
Denzel WashingtonThere are no record companies in Waikiki.
Bruno MarsThe dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples‘ attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.
Brian EnoI know that a large part of my fan base is gay. They’ve shown me love from the start. I mean in this industry, everyone from my glam people to my dancers are gay. You can’t be homophobic in this line of work – I’m a pop star!
RihannaActors know, with me they aren’t going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.
Clint EastwoodI’m already the face of the UFC, plus the face of boxing, WWE, and Hollywood.
Conor McGregorYou hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor who’s directed, because an actor who’s directed understands all the problems your production is going through.
Clint Eastwood