Director Quotes · Page 37

I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.

— Andy Serkis

I've always laughed at the term "female director" or even "black director." A director's a director.

— Rami Malek

When I was in college, I studied business because I thought I wanted to be a director and producer.

— Manish Dayal

Most people enter my business thinking of being on-air or a director. I started because I wanted to start a family.

— Doris Burke

The kind of filmmaking excitement that director Peter Weir brings to movies is bone deep.

— Elvis Mitchell

There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without…

— Alan Alda

I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

— Paul Verhoeven

I have been manager, director, now I am head coach, and it's the same role. Absolutely the same role.

— Ravi Shastri

I never saw myself as a director. It's certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up.…

— Al Pacino

There ain't a director in town who knows action better than I do. That's not just braggadocio on my part. I've been…

— Hal Needham

'Vicky Donor' or 'Madras Caf,' John's films have been path-breaking. I have full faith in the script of my movie, and my…

— Harshvardhan Rane

I always enjoy working with an international crew and director. But on the set of a Hollywood action film - now that's…

— Tadanobu Asano

Ultimately, a director is a storyteller. I wanted to fortify that part of my life as a director, so I thought the…

— Fred Savage

The director is the most important because, ultimately, as an actor, when you watch a movie, it looks like an actor is…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

'Ashes of Time' was my third film, and as a young director at that point, it's not very often that you have…

— Wong Kar-wai

You never learn to act in front of a camera. You never learn anything in front of a camera. But you learn…

— Tim Pigott-Smith

No, I never felt cornered because I was not a big director's son or a star's son.

— Anubhav Sinha

Actors need to trust themselves. If you trust yourself, you can trust others and leave the director outside.

— Martin Landau

As the director, to have the opportunity to work with actors of the calibre of David Oyelewo is just fantastic and special.

— Dave Filoni

'Jhalak' was a wonderful experience, but it was important for me to get back to films, since I am a director too.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

For me, the most difficult move was when I chose to quit modelling and applied for a position of an assistant director.

— Sidharth Malhotra

You can start with a great director and great actors and have a great script - and it still just doesn't work.…

— Casey Affleck

A line of duty death, whether an officer, special agent, or professional staff employee, is personal to the FBI, and it's personal…

— Christopher A. Wray

In England, theater auditions are gentler experiences. You sit down with the director and talk about the play.

— Tom Sturridge

For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't…

— Carol Kane

When I sign on for a project, I'm there to give the director all the material he or she might need to…

— James Franco

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

— Jean-Marc Vallee

Actors are almost conditioned to get their director's approval. 'I just did my song and dance, boss. What did you think?' Actors…

— Eric Johnson

Don't compare me to veteran actor Lakshmi who immortalised Julie in director Sethumadhavan's Chattakkari.' It's so unnerving.

— Shamna Kasim

There's this weird thing about acting where you have to wait for somebody to ask you to do it; like you have…

— Tom Sturridge

Trying to get it together with me as a director was impossible. No one wanted to work with me.

— Hal Needham

I don't make films to say, 'See what a great director I am!' I don't go and please a particular actor. I…

— Sajid Khan

I'm such a fan of Daniel Waters, who wrote the script, and also Mark Waters, his brother, who directed. 'Vampire Academy' has,…

— Sami Gayle

The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.

— Steve Buscemi

I need to thank my director, producers, and artists as well crew members of all my projects.

— Hansika Motwani

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

— Anonymous

I'm not a frustrated movie director: I'm not making games because I can't make movies.

— David Cage

It is my director Subhash Kapoor who created 'Jolly LLB.' I just enacted and put life into it.

— Arshad Warsi

For me, a director is a director immaterial of the gender. At the end of the day, the audience is only interested…

— Boman Irani

I never argue with any director. When they say something will click, I believe them.

— Mohanlal