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I used to feel that I had to be dictatorial in order to be respected, but after I did a couple of TV movies, I began to see that authority came with the job. So I began to relax and let more people into the process, and my work really improved.

— Ron Howard

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

— Priyanka Chopra

I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy.

— Nigella Lawson

And I think being a good director is being able to be completely tyrannical and you've got to be an absolute dictator while at the same time, you have to listen and see everything because it can all change on a dime.

— Bob Balaban

I've been totally replaced by people who are superior. I was doing, like, 15 different things. It's very gratifying to watch your job done better.

— Jim McKelvey

I've always had a healthy disregard for authority - it allows me to do my job as a portrait photographer and not as someone who is playing the power game.

— Platon

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

— Hal Holbrook

In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much.

— Chi McBride

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

— Charles de Gaulle

I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.

— Tom Petty

I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.

— Chelsea Handler