John Wells Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“You can demonize Goldman Sachs all you want, and I'm sure there are reasons to do it. But the real pressure is all of us pressuring the companies for stock returns, and that leads to all kinds of decisions.”

“I love working with actors, and it's all been based on my being trained in the theater.”

“I think we all are kind of colored by whatever we were raised with or what we came up believing in.”

“I was very fortunate in all of my career in television to have a lot of things that received a lot of awards recognition.”

“I'm a big believer in the value of labor unions and with what collective effort gets people.”

“If you don't have nerves and a little trepidation about any new project, then I don't think you're really alive.”

“My experience has been that actors always want to be directed.”

“Producing small films, you usually have four or five people you want, and you hope one of them will say they'll do it.”

“You have to have wonderful actors for material, particularly difficult material that requires complicated performances.”

“I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. All of it was at someone else's expense. It was kind of always about power.”