Director Quotes · Page 34

There was one director who crossed the line. I scolded him so much that he later never tried anything.

— Mumtaj

To be honest, the real reason I did 'Drive' was because of Nicolas Winding Refn, the director.

— Christina Hendricks

I found that something exists between director and actor sometimes that surpasses or transcends language.

— Rob Marshall

I really believe in trying to fulfil what my director wants, what I can do to make that scene better.

— Shruti Haasan

After being at Vogue' for two years in PR, I decided to bring all events in-house. That's how I became the director…

— Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

A lot of the music editing job is communication and working out what a director really wants the music to be.

— Steven Price

When a director is making a movie after four years, it's not considered his comeback. It should be same with actors.

— Mahima Chaudhry

I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call…

— Zubin Mehta

As an actor, you have to believe in the point of view of a director; as a director, you have to be…

— Diego Luna

In looking at Hollywood and its structure, the director controls the medium, and I want to be in control of certain things.…

— Jamie Foxx

I always try to develop a good relationship with the director on any film and make sure that we want the same…

— Alexandre Desplat

When I started acting in my twenties, a director on the set of an action film shouted, 'Just do it like your…

— Shannon Lee

Charan is very hard-working and non-egoistic, given the family he comes from. He is very open to listening, and he surrenders himself…

— Rakul Preet Singh

Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of…

— Mahesh Babu

I don't want the baggage of knowing things when I walk on to a set. I am more comfortable being an empty…

— Aditi Rao Hydari

I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power - like, you know, running the country. Which…

— Mira Nair

I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through…

— Steven Spielberg

You don't often get a proposal to do Tolstoy for a really interesting director - that's easy to say yes to.

— Tom Stoppard

Sometimes it's the script or an opportunity to work with an incredible director.

— Holly Hunter

As an actor you can always blame the director or writer for negative feedback. But as a writer, you're the reason why…

— Zawe Ashton

A very quick way to annoy me as an actor is a director trying to tell me what my character's thinking.

— Lily Gladstone

The secret is you need a director who refuses to walk away and you need a director willing to put their whole…

— Ruba Nadda

Director of any film is very important, and an actor has to leave himself in his hands to mould.

— Leander Paes

Whereas with Sirk, everything is always filmed. No matter what the script, he's always a real director.

— Jacques Rivette

A male director doesn't come to situations the same way that a female director would.

— Liz W. Garcia

I have mixed feelings over the dismissal of James Comey as FBI director. We served together at the Department of Justice and…

— Matthew Whitaker

As a director, you should choose a project that will educate you and enrich your life, because you're going to be doing…

— Rob Marshall

I was at film school when I made 'Small Debts' and I was a cinematographer, so I didn't actually study to be…

— Lynne Ramsay

The core of a director is the person's tastes in what elements go together and how they go together. It's a puzzle.

— Andre Øvredal

As a viewer, I liked screenwriter Park Jae-bum's writing and director Kim Hee-won's directing.

— Jeon Yeo-been

'Cuban Fury' was a big production for a first time director to handle: I think it is very easy to become very…

— Kayvan Novak

I actually started as a director, but then I saw Mark Ruffalo in 'You Can Count on Me,' and I thought to…

— Reid Scott

If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to…

— Julianne Moore

I have to be strong about my own tastes because I think that's what the director's job is.

— Andre Øvredal

My career is based primarily upon finding a balance with a director and their vision, and that means sublimating my own personal…

— Robert Richardson

The director Steve McQueen has found a way to constantly include the element of surprise in his work, both as an artist…

— Elvis Mitchell

I have regretted saying no' to a director who wanted to bank on my dancing skills for an amazing role in the…

— Shamna Kasim

Inarritu's own nomination for Best Director for 'Babel' was the first such honor for a Mexican director.

— Elvis Mitchell

Being the director - way fancier than 'just' being the writer. People call you 'talent.'

— Marti Noxon

'The Dance Scene' is basically the most amazing dance show in the world, and it follows me as a creative director. You…

— Laurieann Gibson