Directors Quotes · Page 3

Todd Solondz is one of my favorite directors.

— Eric Wareheim

Ever director has at least 10 bad films in them.

— Robert Rodriguez

Once you crack the script, everything else follows.

— Ridley Scott

I think the best directors rarely lose their temper.

— Luke Evans

As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.

— Diane Paulus

I depend on good editors and a good director.

— Indira Varma

I prefer to work with first-time directors.

— Anonymous

Most of my friends are assistant directors.

— Vijay Sethupathi

Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.

— Alan Parker

We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we're divorced now.

— Rosie Perez

There's so many more female directors than when I started. That's encouraging.

— Sofia Coppola

Not many directors have the courage to make movies that are against conventional, commercial norms.

— Amrita Rao

I'm glad that so many directors are keen to work with me.

— Nani

Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

— James Agate

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

— Samantha Morton

I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.

— Michael Bay

When you first get out of doing a show for a long time where you played a teenager, casting directors and producers…

— Danielle Fishel

The architect is not only the director, but he is the composer. And, as a composer, the architect brings a sense of…

— Santiago Calatrava

Actors and directors work on things together. That's how I like to work, anyway. I don't want to be told what to…

— Felicity Jones

Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites…

— Robert McKee

I've been very fortunate to work with a lot of directors who understand that actors need to feel empowered in order to…

— John Cabrera

I think that this win [Grammy] in particular was a cool moment for me and the director [Emil Nava], because it was…

— Ed Sheeran

I can't stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they…

— Anthony Hopkins

To televisionize any serious problem, the program directors face the task of making the message 'go down smooth' until the audience is…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

[Bong Joon-ho'] is quite different but technically, he is as clever as [Alfred] Hitchcock. That's saying something. In humanitarian terms, I think…

— John Hurt

Women think in Sirk's films. Something which has never struck me with other directors. None of them. Usually women are always reacting,…

— Rainer Werner Fassbinder

When you're in sync with the director, on the type of movie you want to make, the arc of the characters, how…

— Dwayne Johnson

I usually work with the director and it's just a collaboration between me and the one person. I think you make good…

— Howard Shore

I've come to the possible conclusion that being a comedic writer/director is like running track. You do it for a certain amount…

— David Wain

I love producing. My dream as a producer is to be able to build a company that can be a safe haven…

— Brittany Murphy

I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers. Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an…

— Ida Lupino

My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be…

— Melissa Rosenberg

If a director says he doesn't care how many people see his films at all, I simply don't believe him. Otherwise why…

— Michael Haneke

We are interested in stifling the sale of this book. We believe that this can be best accomplished by refusing to be…

— Madison Grant

Consider him in his highest incarnation: the university professor. What is his function? Simply to pass on to fresh generations of numskulls…

— H. L. Mencken

That and when you're doing live action you don't normally get to see the thing before it's in production. In this case…

— Jonathan M. Goldstein

When we started talking to our actors and to our directors, this is with all due respect to the film, if you…

— Jeph Loeb

It's not hard to understand why an accomplished director like Gus Van Sant (whose most recent success, Good Will Hunting, gave him…

— James Berardinelli

You know, boy versus girl. But she's a tough warrior, so I almost treated it like unisex. But it makes a difference…

— Daniel Simon

Today the average inhabitant of the western hemisphere knows a little of everything. He has the newspaper on his breakfast table and…

— Johan Huizinga