“I worked with creative people who were very demanding of me, and they helped me reach performances that I never could have gotten on my own without being pushed and having trust in them. And so I know the best way to get the best performance of an actor, and that's not to coddle them or to baby them. It's to help them; it's to push them.” PeopleKnowsWayHelpingActorsMy OwnCreativeBabyPerformancesBest WayCreative PeopleBest Performance Author:Ricky Schroder
“There's some things that you're passionate about as a director. You just know it has to be a certain way. The challenge is resolving those so everyone is happy and no one feels that they have not been heard.” KnowsWayFeelsCertainChallengesHeardDirectorsPassionate Author:Ricky Schroder
“An actor is like an instrument, tune them, play them the right way.” WayPlayActorsInstrumentsTunesRight Way Author:Ricky Schroder
“I asked Michael Jackson once. I said to him, 'How were you able to go from the Jackson Five to the biggest star in the world? What was your secret, Michael?' He said, 'Ricky, stay inspired. That's the hardest thing to do. If you can figure out a way to stay inspired, you can make it.'” IfsWorldWaySaidAbleStarsSecretFiveFiguresInspiredHardestThings To DoHardest ThingHardest Thing To Do Author:Ricky Schroder
“My sympathies go out to the young performers today because they are under a microscope in a way I wasn't. Now everybody's got a camera phone and can record at will or take pictures of you. It's just a different world. I don't know how I would have fared back then.” KnowsWorldWayDifferentTodayYoungKnow HowRecordsCamerasPhonesPerformersDifferent WorldsMicroscopesMy Sympathy Author:Ricky Schroder
“I don't know why it is, but sometimes I feel like I'm 60. It's like I've been around for a long time. I felt that way even when I was 8.” KnowsWayFeelsLongSometimesFeltLong Time Author:Ricky Schroder
“I think that if there's some innovative entrepreneurs out there who can help teach people how they can cost-effectively help themselves and their planet, I think everybody would be for it. That's going to be the challenge - figuring a way to get the marketplace and commerce to teach us consumers another way.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayHelpingWould BeChallengesTeachPlanetsCostEntrepreneurConsumersCommerceAnother WayInnovativeMarketplace Author:Ricky Schroder
