Directors Quotes · Page 25

Personally I'm very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors.

— Mark Mothersbaugh

Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.

— Bai Ling

It is wrong if how we see women on TV is largely determined by male directors.

— Lenny Henry

I think actors do make really, really wonderful directors.

— David Wenham

On Ernst Lubitsch: He could do more with a closed door than other directors could do with an open fly.

— Billy Wilder

I want to act, I want to write, and I need to follow good directors.

— James Corden

I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.

— Alex Cox

All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.

— David Hockney

To be that big of a star and that grounded and that classy, I'm mean [ George Clooney] was a true mentor…

— John Krasinski

Music is, for me, a great tool of a filmmaker, the same way cinematography, the acting, editing, post-production, the costumes are. You…

— Spike Lee

Don't get me wrong: I'm overjoyed with my career to date. But perhaps I could have done more. Mostly, I just did…

— Norman Wisdom

I have worked with another first-time director who was not that open, and it was probably one of the worst experiences I…

— Elisabeth Shue

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as…

— Vera Farmiga

I think film is a director's medium and the good filmmakers that I like tell the darker stories. Therefore, I'm always inclined…

— Naomi Watts

Stoller is one of my favorite comedic directors - one of my favorite directors that I've worked with to date.

— Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Rejecting offers has not been easy for me, especially when the movies involve some of my favourite actors and directors.

— Sai Pallavi

It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time.…

— Blair Underwood

I've always been slightly hesitant about generalizing movies made by men and women being different in their nature; I think movies by…

— Susanne Bier

I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but…

— Natasha Richardson

Bill [Condon] is such a great actor's director. He cares about what you're thinking. And, he's very open. Even though he was…

— Kellan Lutz

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the…

— William Friedkin

The director, Moisés Kaufman, just received the national medal of the arts from President [Barack] Obama . He wrote and directed The…

— Patrick Heusinger

I'm the girl that waits for the director to say, 'I like that,' or 'Can you boost it up?,' or 'Can you…

— Jill Scott

I love directors who aren't going back to the stereotypes, who are helping write and create roles for women that are not…

— Sheryl Lee

I'm certainly not going to tell other people what they should do with their own personal lives. I think it's certainly easier…

— John Waters

There's another aspect about the Seventies. Blazing Saddles, as wonderful as it was, sort of hurt the Western. It made such fun…

— Quentin Tarantino

In the theater the audience is generally riveted to a single angle of observation. The movie director, though, can rapidly shift from…

— Ed Murray

I discovered very soon, especially for movies, because I started in theater, that every director has his own universe. You have to…

— Antonio Banderas

Sometimes I'll go for something more because of the story, or more because of the director. But, generally, I have to feel…

— Guy Pearce

If I think back to every rehearsal process for every play I've ever worked on, there's just so much crying at home.…

— Annie Baker

During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring…

— Akira Kurosawa

It's a real testament to the amount of skill and talent involved, across the board, whether it's the production design, the construction,…

— Harry Treadaway

I rely upon the directors to fill me in before a shot.

— Diana Rigg

You are the director of your own life story. Don't cast idiots or people will walk out during your 2nd act.

— Dane Cook

If I don't come home covered head to toe in fake blood then I haven't done my job as a horror director.

— Eli Roth

I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors.

— Helena Bonham Carter

The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

— Taylor Hackford

Some directors have just one way of working; you either have to adhere to it or you don't.

— Bradley Cooper

The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything.

— Ewan McGregor

As a director, you can transform your vision more with the music.

— Fatih Ak?n