Directors Quotes · Page 40

Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot.

— Christopher Eccleston

Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions.

— Jeffrey Deitch

I am eternally impressed and amazed by what directors do.

— Craig Mazin

I've worked with a lot of great directors and often times they solicit your ideas.

— John C. Reilly

Sometimes your films don't do well, despite having a big star cast, renowned directors and producers.

— Bhumika Chawla

I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.

— ASAP Rocky

The great directors managed to dissolve and disappear into the work. They make other people look good.

— Alexander Mackendrick

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

— William H. Macy

Im so lucky to have the opportunity to work with some directors and some actors I wouldnt have dared to think I…

— Marion Cotillard

If [Donald] Trump wins narrowly, Democrats can blame the loss on FBI director James Comey, who inserted himself late in the campaign…

— Mara Liasson

I've been lucky to get some path-breaking films, which proved to be the turning point in my career. Be it 'Rock on!'…

— Arjun Rampal

Every director is different, but the insights from new people on set give you a different opinion and perspective, which is always…

— Dominique McElligott

I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then…

— Marc Forster

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They…

— Steve Buscemi

I hardly know so melancholy a reflection as that parents are necessarily the sole directors of the management of children, whether they…

— Sir Fulke Greville

I remember once a vocational director said to Fang, "You must develop some mechanical skills - like getting out of bed."

— Phyllis Diller

Actors tend to get in their own way, a lot. A lot of times you will do things that will screw up…

— George Clooney

I don't have a philosophy for choosing roles. Sometimes, it's just, 'This might be interesting; that might be fun to do.' There…

— Max von Sydow

I've done so many movies with first-time directors, and honestly I just go with gut instinct. People that usually can tell me…

— Neal H. Moritz

The process always starts with detailed conversations with the director, followed by a spotting session (deciding where the music goes and doesn't…

— John Keltonic

I wrote 'Thelma & Louise' in 1988, and we shot it in 1990. Everyone kept saying, 'This is so groundbreaking... this is…

— Callie Khouri

I feel I should defer to the writers and the directors because they're the ones who have the complete vision. They see…

— Shoshannah Stern

I feel like, if I'm being honest with myself, my biggest skill set is as a writer 'cause I can do that…

— Mark Duplass

I mean, in the foreword to Impro in Denmark is by Søren Iversen, who I taught long ago, he was a Danish…

— Keith Johnstone

I would love to work with Cameron Crowe; he's definitely one of my favorite directors.

— Victoria Justice

You never know as a director what other directors do. Because you don't get to see what they do.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

As far as directors, I'm a big fan of any kind of Billy Wilder stuff. Anything he does.

— Rob Zombie

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

— Jodie Foster

I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character.

— Melanie Laurent

I don't choose my directors, but I choose my scripts wisely.

— Vijay Sethupathi

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

— Patricia Clarkson

Martin Campbell is a director who has that ability to marshal so many forces together and create a film.

— Ryan Reynolds

I consider it a stroke of luck that I got to work with one of my favourite directors, Mani Ratnam.

— Shraddha Srinath

I've never directed anything before 'Mad Men,' so I don't feel I have any advice for the other directors.

— John Slattery

If you don't take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.

— Guillermo del Toro

Your director is your everything and you devote yourself to them and you want to help create their vision.

— Natalie Portman

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

— Paddy Considine

I don't make trouble on sets. I think directors like me, so they hire me, but they have to fight for me.

— Joe Don Baker

The relationship between an actress and her director is often a very close one.

— Peter Stone

I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.

— Clive Owen