A director can come from anywhere, but having a story background, if you have nothing else, is probably a good thing to… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
It is universally agreed that Jean Renoir was one of the greatest of all directors, and he was also one of the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Directors are the fulcrum of the movie. They guide us well, not merely rein actors in. Whenever we stray, they bring us… — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
I would not like to direct, I would be one of those terrible directors who can't help line reading the actors their… — Ruby Bentall Copy Share Image
On working with director Werner Herzog: I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have… — Klaus Kinski Copy Share Image
I can work with both the old, revered filmmakers and new directors. It is amazing how they see me in their world,… — Jackie Shroff Copy Share Image
My attitude as an actor, because I'm a stage actor, is whatever the director tells you to do, you try it. You… — Anthony Heald Copy Share Image
I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
For me, creatively, I'd suffocate if I played the same thing, over and over again. I want challenges. I want to sit… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
It's great when improv is encouraged. It's a really fun thing. It depends on who's in the movie and how their process… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
TV showrunners have become known entities to people who watch television in the way that movie directors have been known to filmgoers… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I'm not only a writer, but have directed and produced, know the difficulties of the line producer, can deal with the studio,… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
Producers don't like the director who ignores their opinion - but I always try not to be the nicest person when making… — Ryuhei Kitamura Copy Share Image
I just think there are a lot of celebrities who don't feel that they have a voice. A lot of actors come… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Remember the great film with Bette Davis, All About Eve? There's a scene after the scheming Eve steals Margo's role through trickery… — Martha Grimes Copy Share Image
I had a choice. I could become an economist & managing director. I choose to do something else. I would have become… — Odd Nerdrum Copy Share Image
As a writer and a director, I simply don’t have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
Well, I wasnt just kind of standing in a queue at McDonalds and someone sat down and said, Youre the director of… — Rupert Sanders Copy Share Image
The work is the work. The work is not me. I like the anonymity that directors can have about their films. Even… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I did a different production with a different director and Bill Pullman. Oleanna - the one you saw - we were doing… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
The only other things, and again these things are hearsay, is that he could be pretty rough on directors, because he knew… — Tommy Bond Copy Share Image
I have a great respect for actors like Clint Eastwood, who's a wonderful director. I think two pictures that I directed were… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
Somehow, we [ Tan Dun and director Chen Kaige] were all privileged at the time; we could be outside of China. But… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The energy of first-time directors is tremendous. They work beyond the limits for a hit in this competitive industry. — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
You have always had individual directors who begin in the advertising or commercial world, but they are probably exceptions rather than the… — Ann Macbeth Copy Share Image
In the States, I learned to fight for every idea. Sometimes, a director has to be a tyrant to keep the quality. — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share Image
When I make films, I don't think of any other directors or their work in terms of the rhythm of the editing… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as "an auteurist filmmaker." Every film directors is an auteur. We only make films that we do because… — Lee Yoon-ki Copy Share Image
Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
There are a few directors - quite a few - who I would like to work with, but I have never written… — Udo Kier Copy Share Image
The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it, so when I sat down with my agents after… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire 'best director' category would be comprised of models. To… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
My aunt put my cousins into a children's modelling agency, then my mum did it with us. Me and my sister got… — Sullivan Stapleton Copy Share Image
Work is fun to me. All those years of being an actor and a director and not being able to get a… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
You hear it said time and time again by successful directors: You have to make a movie for yourself. Don't make it… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
It's important for me to work with a strong director because I know I can go to some really deep places, I… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
I want all my films to look distinctly different, like some other directors I admire. But in a way, I can't really… — Imtiaz Ali Copy Share Image
Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento Copy Share Image
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