Director Quotes · Page 29

You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether…

— Ciaran Hinds

I primarily look at how a role is laid out by the director. I take into consideration my co-stars, before signing a…

— Divya Dutta

I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.

— Oscar Isaac

Everything is the director's fault - you can quote me on that. There are no excuses.

— Steven Soderbergh

In 2011, I negotiated to sell a plot that I owned near the airport to RKW Developers whose director was Dheeraj Wadhawan.

— Raj Kundra

I like female directors that gravitate toward masculine things. I think the danger of a male director is the over-fetishization of the…

— James Ransone

William Castle and Alfred Hitchcock were the first director-personalities. Before then, nobody in America knew what a director was.

— John Waters

A successful film begins by choosing a director whose creative vision will define the choices made by everyone involved in the film.

— Kathleen Kennedy

Every movie you do, you find something in yourself that you probably didn't know that you had, and a director will find…

— Jason Statham

I try to be in the office as much as possible to get the full experience working with volunteers, making phone calls,…

— Hope Hicks

I never think of myself as a big star. Getting good scripts is all I think about. I don't have a godfather…

— Nivin Pauly

Occasionally, I'll direct if there's something I feel strongly about. Having done it has whetted my appetite to do it again, but…

— Stanley R. Jaffe

I remember, working on 'Lost,' I learned very quickly the way that I had to approach the material or even ask the…

— Nestor Carbonell

For me, the audition is always the hardest part of the whole process. Once you get on set, once you're in costume,…

— Angourie Rice

When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director,…

— John Tesh

With the commissioning of new schools undertaken by a local director of school standards, decisions will be fair and transparent, rooted in…

— David Blunkett

Donors are sick of writing that $200 check to the Red Cross and not knowing whether it goes for the executive director's…

— Charles Best

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

— Jean Renoir

Sometimes you get the luxury of having a script for a really long time, and you can get to talk with the…

— Jasmine Cephas Jones

When I went back to the White House to be the communication director under Obama, I was six-months pregnant.

— Jen Psaki

People expect a lot from a commercial director. It's not right to always expect another 'Viraasat' from me.

— Priyadarshan

As a director, your expectation and reality don't always match up, and I think that that's... I think it's a little jarring.

— Jonathan Levine

I believe in giving myself up completely to the director and do what he wants me to.

— Binnu Dhillon

After starting with 'Premam,' asking director Chandoo Mondeti to do a remake was a mistake because he has much more potential and…

— Naga Chaitanya

I don't like directing that much to want a career as a director for hire. I like to have as much creative…

— Peter Jackson

As roles go, very rarely do you get a role written for you or a director who wants you and only you…

— Sushmita Sen

I'm a French director, but what's important for me is that my stories have a universal message, whatever language they're filmed in.

— Maimouna Doucoure

J. Cole's 2014 'Forrest Hills Drive.' The album, artwork, and director of that album was a huge influence on the visuals for…

— Hasan Minhaj

It isn't as much of a surprise any more to see a woman's name in the credits as director.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

As a director, I only know how to do it one way, is to pour my heart and soul into everything.

— David Nutter

It is tough to make people laugh, but when there is comfort level with co-stars and director it all works well.

— Gurmeet Choudhary

As a director, I design every movie to be true to itself, and damn it if they like it, and damn it…

— Guillermo del Toro

Every director has a sensibility and style, and what works is his originality and conviction.

— Farhan Akhtar

The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

— D. B. Sweeney

Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

— James Agate

I wanted to be a director and comedian and my plan was to go to NYU. I wanted to be in UCB.

— Finn Wolfhard

If this film has come out so well, the credit goes to Trivikram garu. This one is a 100 percent director's film.…

— Nithiin

I always believe that one can't interfere in another's work. Once I start work on any film, I surrender myself completely and…

— Mahesh Babu

My father was a director, and my mother and grandparents were actors, so I spent a great deal of my time as…

— Marianne Elliott

I was born in Florida. My first political campaign was as a field director for George Herbert Walker Bush in 1988.

— Rick Wilson