Directors Quotes · Page 39

It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

— Naomi Watts

A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself.

— Francis Ford Coppola

I think I'm probably one of the worst directors around, but I do have an interest in my fellow man.

— John Cassavetes

I'm seen as a little risky to the industry, I think. All my favorite directors are.

— Sean Baker

As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally.

— Roger Corman

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

— Tyler Perry

Aditya Chopra is my mentor and one of my favorite directors.

— Shraddha Kapoor

You mustn't look at a film with only one point of view.

— Jafar Panahi

There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a…

— Martin Scorsese

Unless you're the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don't have a lot of…

— Bret Easton Ellis

I believe that the officers, and, especially, the directors, of corporations should be held personally responsible when any corporation breaks the law.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Sometimes if you're a director, you want to believe that you're great and capable at all aspects - the technical side, the…

— Steven Knight

I love working fast. I don't relish the director who wants to do 25 to 30 takes, or the actors who insist…

— Alfred Molina

So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals.

— Shirley Knight

The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's…

— Mary Harron

Be collaborative. I've had some of my best experiences with directors who were able to sit down and have a conversation and…

— Michael B. Jordan

I place a higher value on work ethic than talent, because, in certain areas, you just need to cast, you need to…

— Damon Lindelof

I'm happy to have a physical part in 'High Tension,' in 'Hereafter,' and in a lot of French movies and Belgian movies.…

— Cecile de France

My advice for other female directors is look for people who really appreciate your vision and are willing to genuinely support you.…

— Linda Hoaglund

There are many directors in the middle range who've made mostly successful pictures, and then there are a few great directors who've…

— Jack Nicholson

In people's minds, I'm a comic, so it took a lot of time before I was recognized as a director. I had…

— Takeshi Kitano

I'm not a director that's about precision and control and perfection, I'm about creating an atmosphere that's organic and interesting and then…

— David Gordon Green

I don't usually see what I've done. I don't often watch the film or watch the show. It's really about that experience…

— Jennifer Beals

If I were less lazy, when my play was published, I would go and rewrite everything for the reader. But I don't…

— Annie Baker

Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast.

— Yvonne Strahovski

Actors can become very involved in a role, but for a director or producer, that's your life for many years.

— Joseph McGinty Nichol

When I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig.

— Lake Bell

When we don't say 'male director,' then why call them 'female directors?'

— Jaideep Ahlawat

The best films are because of nobody but the director.

— Roman Polanski

In the theatre in the U.K., women are at the very top of the tree as freelance directors.

— Phyllida Lloyd

For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban.

— Julian Fellowes

David Ayer is one of the best directors I've ever worked with. He's a true man's man.

— Scott Eastwood

I'm an actress who likes a strong, communicative director.

— Kristin Davis

When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.

— William H. Macy

I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

— John Frankenheimer

There are directors, and there are authors. I think I am more of an author than a director.

— Sergio Leone

What you feel is important may not be what the director feels is important.

— Christina Ricci

We never intended to be comedic directors; it was just something we fell into.

— Joe Russo

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

— Michael Mosley