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Whether you're a mechanic or you build houses or you work in an office, you don't have to like your boss.

It turns out I'm not very good at working with a traditional boss.

But I'd say my best boss was Tom Barr, who was a partner at Cravath, Swain & Moore in the 1960s. It's because I learned so much from him.

I don't consider myself bossy, but I do know what I want. You know, I have a gut feeling about a piece of material, but I've never envisioned myself as the director on top of the hill with a megaphone in my hand, screaming at 1,000 extras.

I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.

You don't usually meet directors on the streets.

I've never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they would get fired, and I'd be left with the record company. And then - because they got fired - the record company wouldn't do anything for me.

I've been used to being my own boss for a really long time, so I don't take to authority very well.

He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.

I love someone who tries to boss me around.