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" As a director, I have the greatest job in the world, but if I don't push the boundaries, then what's the point of having it? "

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" Ideas are cheap. Ideas are easy. Ideas are common. Everybody has ideas. Ideas are highly, highly overvalued. Execution is all that matters. "

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" I love seeing the way in which young people embrace video, and the YouTube vlogger is a fantastic phenomenon. "

" For all the marathons I've run, including the Ironmans that I've run, immediately after the race, I clean myself up, do whatever I need to do to make sure I'm okay, and I get right back out there, and I cheer people on. Because it's the people who come in late in the race I find most inspiring. "

" I always thought of myself as an amateur stunt man. "

" I have 60-plus videos on YouTube and over 30 million views. Of those 60, only three or four are branded videos. I built that audience by telling stories the way I like to tell them. "

" So many car commercials are shot in the Salt Flats, and so much great imagery comes out of that place, but I've never been there, and I'm curious. "

" I'm not able to make amazingly perfect, precious pieces of content, but I get to make awesome spontaneous content that's frequently ephemeral. "

" I think I'm like that nerdy dad from middle school who always has a video camera, but in the same respect, I only take it out during interesting occasions. "

" Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent. "

" I consider myself to be a very good skateboarder, but the difficulty when you're being pulled behind any car, when there's only a 20-ft. line, is that you can't see the potholes. "

" I washed dishes so I could make movies. it was never a way for me to make money. "

" If I'm in the stands at a U2 concert watching Bono, how can I capture this moment without interrupting it and making it fake? "

" If you type 'Salt Flats' into YouTube, you'll find 100 amazing videos that were shot out there, but you won't find any that were shot in the rain. "

" I made a living for 10 years making very typical TV commercials. But I always wanted to reach beyond that and do stuff that people might relate to in the way they relate to my nonbranded content. "

" I am so disappointed in Apple. I don't even use an iPhone anymore. Their marketing sucks. It's embarrassing. It's just garbage. "

" I work in both very strict conditions and very loose, more open-minded conditions in advertising, and Nike is by far the most open-minded of all. "

" I think you should dress nicely for airports. You're surrounded by people coming from all walks of life. You should look your best. "

" My brother Van got the computer first and showed me what it was like to edit video. I definitely credit Van with turning me onto filmmaking. "

" I moved to New York City when I was 20 years old, started making movies non-stop. I didn't have any friends, so I would just sit at home all night editing on my iMac. "