“The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the crew has all eyes on the captain. If they come in going, "I don't know. Maybe we'll do this. Maybe we'll do that," you've got 10 days to shoot and they don't care what you're doing.” IfsKnowsMatterEyeCareEnergyLevelsTalentDirectorsNo Matter WhatDon't CareShipsCaptainsCrewEnergy Levels Author:Melissa Leo
“It's difficult because nothing's preordained by plan and you can't control it. That's one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.” MatterRealityJoyActorsDifficultPlansTalentNo Matter WhatLuckContributionNerves Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by thatWe always try to find similarities in life, no matter what it is so they're going to try to put you in a box with other African-American quarterbacks - Vick, Newton, Randall Cunningham, Warren MoonThat's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves.” TryingMatterAmericaSpeakGoalTalentProveNo Matter WhatBoxesDefinedAfrican AmericanNever ChangeNewtonSimilarityQuarterbackCunninghams Author:Robert Griffin III
“You think you have some stable talent which will show no matter what you're writing, and if it doesn't seem to be getting across to the audience once, you can't imagine that moment when it suddenly will.” IfsThinkingWritingMatterMomentsShowsSeemsAudienceImagineTalentNo Matter WhatThat MomentStableImagine That Author:Joan Didion
“The best illustration I can give of his talent is that at Manchester United there was always a possession drill in training designed to develop our passing ability, which might be three players against another three players, or six versus six, or nine versus nine. But no matter what the numbers were, the side with Paul Scholes on their team would always win by keeping the most possession.” GivingI CanMatterMightThreeWinningSidesAbilityUnitedNumbersPlayerTeamTalentSixTrainingNo Matter WhatPossessionNinePassingPassingsVersusManchesterIllustrationDrillsManchester UnitedScholesPaul Scholes Author:Gary Neville