Director Quotes · Page 39

Everytime I read a script now, I am able to imagine my character in multiple ways, which I present to the director…

— Pratik Gandhi

I've been in the director's chair for 'Battlestar Galactica' since its first season. I directed the only comedy that's ever been done…

— Edward James Olmos

A director who gets $150,000 per year from a company and needs the money is not independent.

— Charlie Munger

I always wanted to work on the long term and help structure things. I wanted to be a sporting director.

— Daniel Farke

It is not an actor's business to suggest changes. Actors are tools. They must just do whatever the director asks them to.

— Manorama

I felt that all of us working on our remake of '13 Assassins' had to honour the original director, Eiichi Kudo, and…

— Takashi Miike

I'm not an art director; I'm just not. I've always been somebody who has a sensibility that I hope is the same…

— Frank Oz

We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.

— Randeep Hooda

People know me through my characters. I don't think they have any idea about the individual that I am. They know I…

— Fahadh Faasil

I have come to make Hindi films to cater to a certain kind of audience, which looks for entertainment. I feel my…

— Priyadarshan

The 9/11 commission recommended the appointment of a national intelligence director with budgetary authority to better coordinate the work of the intelligence…

— Ronald Kessler

In the university library my father helped lead, as the Associate Director of Libraries from '60 to '82, I spent hours and…

— Paul Allen

I don't want to make studio films if I am constantly fighting to assert some kind of leadership within the process. I'm…

— Karyn Kusama

In Hong Kong, particularly, we craft this art for decades. The action choreographer actually is the action director. He takes over and…

— Donnie Yen

Some people work very closely with a director or a producer on something, and from the get go, they're collaborating. But typically,…

— Roger Craig Smith

The director is simply the audience. So the terrible burden of the director is to take the place of that yawning vacuum,…

— Orson Welles

If 'Soorma' is getting me noticed, I have the director, Shaad Ali, to thank for it.

— Angad Bedi

Comedy is one of the hardest genres. You can tell if it's working or not. If the director is convinced of the…

— Lara Dutta

To me it's like, every time I'm a director, like today, you're the captain of the ship, so you better dress like…

— Mike Mills

Saying no to a project is not easy. I'm always under the impression that I might end up upsetting the director or…

— Brahmanandam

I always enjoy working with Aparna Sen. She is a dedicated and talented actress, writer, director.

— Waheeda Rehman

'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer.

— George Clooney

In 'Black Coffee' I am not the celluloid avatar of 'Meghe Dhaka Tara' director any more. How can you portray similar characters…

— Saswata Chatterjee

'The Best Man' was my first feature film, and I didn't want to be known as a director who only does romantic…

— Melissa De Sousa

“Your life experience is a moving picture, of which you are writer, director, performer, producer and critic.”

— T.F. Hodge

Everything a director does must help the story and the performances. Otherwise, it is useless.

— William Wyler

As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want.

— David Slade

Because I thought there's no point trying to second guess what people are looking for, because if I'm the right director for…

— Kate Herron

I have always believed that when a film is being made, it has to be the director's vision.

— Prithviraj Sukumaran

I am lucky to be a film director. I can create, express. It proves that I am still alive and the Khmer…

— Rithy Panh

I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.

— Martin McDonagh

I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director.

— Cate Blanchett

On the film where I didn't get along with the director, I just decided to not speak to him.

— Elizabeth Taylor

I think, when you're a director, you get sucked into your project whether you like it or not, right?

— James Wan

I like working with a first time director. I'm more likely to work with a first time director than I am a…

— Peter Sarsgaard

I want to become a movie director and win an Academy Award. That's what I'm trying to do.

— Ryan Garcia

I always used to say, as a director, that I could make anybody good in a movie if you found the right…

— Corbin Bernsen

I went to graduate school for directing at AFI in L.A., and I wanted to be a director.

— Zal Batmanglij

(Sometimes when) someone's directing for the first time, they're afraid to include everyone - they have to prove they're the director.

— Richard Gere

When you look at me see the father, the awesome dad, the author, film director, business owner, champion, friend, Hufflepuff beast.

— Martellus Bennett