Creator of The Office Ricky Gervais talks to the Harvard Business Review on Not Having A Real Job
Some of the key points from the interview include:
Reminding himself, “It is not real work compared to my dad who was a laborer.”
“I feel I am a workaholic because of the privileged position I found myself in.”
“Fame is the worst of it. Better to want to be rich that is real freedom. I haven’t done anything for a million pounds I wouldn’t have done for free.”
“Fairness is the most important thing in managing a team.”
“If you start to water it down or second guess people you will end up with something a lot of people will like, but they will not love it. I have always wanted to do something that really moves 1 million people than washes over 10 million.”
Listen to the full interview here. Ricky Gervais Interview
Hmm. Typical of Gervais to say intelligent, real stuff. Loved the guy less, however, when he messed up on hosting the Oscars last year. But it’s because he’s a perfect guy for something else, not holding back his thoughts. Haha.
Oh. Where was I? Oh, yeah. Commenting. Hello, people! Cool of you to post this stuff on Gervais. And when he popped, “I haven’t done anything for a million pounds I wouldn’t have done for free.” Well, it goes to say the guy really loves and lives for what he does. Bravo!
And bravo to you all for having his wisdom in here!