Directors Quotes · Page 10

I am the best film director in the world.

— Lars von Trier

Time management is a big part of the director's job.

— Debbie Allen

I like working with new and young directors.

— Kaya Scodelario

No two directors make the same film the same way.

— Rob Cohen

Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with.

— Skeet Ulrich

I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director.

— Taylor Schilling

I started as a director and just fell upon acting.

— Danny Huston

I've worked with directors I've believed in.

— Bhumika Chawla

Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera.

— Stellan Skarsgard

I was usually asked to do less than I was capable of by directors who had lost control of their movie.

— Hal Needham

I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

— Jonah Hill

As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes.

— Marjane Satrapi

My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.

— Sergio Leone

There is no point in having sharp images when you've fuzzy ideas.

— Jean-Luc Godard

I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.

— Robert Carlyle

Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work

— Tea Leoni

[Director Richard Tanne] was inspired by their [Barack and Michelle Obama] flirtation, and their connection. That's not normal with politicians who are…

— Tika Sumpter

The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and…

— Stanley Kubrick

I view the director as my boss. I'm the pawn on the chess board. I don't say something to the director easily,…

— Jennifer Lawrence

It's nice, because after you've worked with various directors and producers enough times, they start to know your voice and what you're…

— Laura Bailey

I feel that I don't have to wait around for good scripts anymore, that I can get things moving more quickly. I…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Every director works differently but one thing's important: they must have a vision. If they don't have a vision I don't care…

— Kurt Russell

A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting…

— Ben Affleck

Women are making strides in many areas and women have mentored and supported me along the way. I think that women are…

— Nina Jacobson

The film is a direct mirror of the director. If your director doesn't know how to dress, there will be an aesthetic…

— Channing Tatum

I find that a lot of actors who are good and open to challenges have lived a full life. When you walk…

— Idris Elba

I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can…

— Ben Stiller

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole…

— Jane Campion

How do I let the director know how obsessed I am and willing to do anything for the movie? Like, I wanted…

— Jennifer Lawrence

I fall in love with all the people I'm working with, women, directors, everybody. As actors, that's actually one of the real…

— Annette Bening

Appearing in 'Legally Blonde' has helped me find my inner girl, although at the beginning the director was constantly telling me off…

— Sheridan Smith

No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or…

— Carol Burnett

I took photos from 1976 to when I left in 1993, primarily for Interview and a column I had called "Bob Colacello's…

— Bob Colacello

American Graffiti was the first movie where the director let me have any input. It was the first time anyone ever listened…

— Harrison Ford

I think that for a lot of actors - especially American actors - to get line readings and to be told and…

— Jon Bernthal

For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes, you know about the…

— Ai Weiwei

Don't try and change things for other people. Don't try and be persuaded by producers and people to change your vision. If…

— Lynne Ramsay

Until that moment, I hadn't realized that I embarked on the project of touring historic sites and monuments having to do with…

— Sarah Vowell

No matter how much crap you gotta plow through to stay alive as a photographer, no matter how many bad assignments, bad…

— Joe McNally

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical…

— James Dean