Director Quotes · Page 24

I'm very old-school. I like a director to direct me. I like to be the actor.

— Melissa Leo

I always say that I'm not the director, I'm part of the team.

— Marc Jacobs

I'm an executive director at a company which gives out retail loans.

— Ravi Subramanian

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

— Elia Kazan

I would like to have a managerial career as a director.

— Giorgio Chiellini

It is not easy to find the right story and director.

— Babu Antony

When I did my first film, I didn't have formal training; I didn't work under any director. I really didn't know how…

— Mani Ratnam

While shooting for 'Kaatru Veliyidai,' I was living my childhood dream of working with my favourite director. It was surreal and thrilling…

— Aditi Rao Hydari

When you make an album, you have a team of musicians you work with; when you're a director and you're creating a…

— Jihae

I was a complete vagabond till the age of 20, when I got my first job as an assistant director with Pankaj Parashar.

— Farhan Akhtar

The difference between one writer and the other, or one director and the other, is the way he deals with a scene.

— Sreenivasan

I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the…

— Parker Posey

As a director and captain of the ship, there are many things that demand your attention - crew members, locations, budget etc.

— Divya Khosla Kumar

I respect Srikanth garu, I worked as an assistant director for his film 'Radha Gopalam.'

— Nani

You can't act for the editing. You have to leave that to him. So you just go in and do the scene…

— Dennis Farina

That's what I like about musical theater, is that it's very collaborative, not just with the writers, but with the director and…

— Stephen Schwartz

I didn't know that I could act, but my friend told me, 'Before you do directing, maybe you should try acting. It…

— Choi Woo-shik

As a producer, I have the luxury of coming and going according to my convenience. As a director I cannot do that.…

— Saira Banu

Whatever you do, whatever you come up with, whatever you decide on, you can go with it, and if the director or…

— IronE Singleton

Asking the director of 'The Lord of the Rings' to read my novel was exactly as terrifying as you'd think. I came…

— Jeff Giles

What I love about low-budget movies is my interests and the director's interests and the actors' interests are aligned. No one makes…

— Jason Blum

My father was the marketing director of a biscuit manufacturer in Berkshire. It meant that every Friday he brought home huge bags…

— Chris Tarrant

Martin Campbell is a director who has that ability to marshal so many forces together and create a film.

— Ryan Reynolds

I think I have been stereotyped as an action director in Hollywood, so all I got were the action scripts.

— John Woo

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

— Peter Jackson

I hired people who would help me, you know, like a director of photography who wouldn't blind me with jargon about ratios…

— Ol Parker

'Hanna' was nice. It was Saoirse Ronan's idea. Usually, the director casts the actor, but in this case, the actor cast the…

— Joe Wright

When I did 'Kaaka Muttai,' I was a very raw actor. Director Manikandan brought out the best in me.

— Aishwarya Rajesh

'Never Die Alone' is primarily a riveting genre film that neatly exhibits the director's growing assurance - Donald Goines would be proud.

— Elvis Mitchell

When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.

— Barkhad Abdi

I think like an actor when I'm acting, and I think like a director when I'm directing.

— Roger Rees

For me, every film is like the first picture. I am very choosy with the director and producer.

— Rajinikanth

The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never…

— Edward Burns

Your director is your everything and you devote yourself to them and you want to help create their vision.

— Natalie Portman

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

— Paddy Considine

I think I have a smell for knowing which players are good so that's why I've said I'd rather be a sporting…

— Rodri

One of the jobs of a director is to ask questions. One of the jobs of the director is to stand in…

— Joe Mantello

My criteria is always, 'Would I go see this movie? Is this character something I've never done? Who is the director? Do…

— Evelyne Brochu

No producer wants to lose money and no director wants to make a bad film. I don't think those things apply to…

— Harshvardhan Kapoor

I really do like working very closely with a director and developing characters.

— Morgan Saylor