Directors Quotes · Page 5

I don't really need a lot of help from a director.

— Christina Ricci

Female directors are slightly less vociferous.

— Rahul Dev

Directors assume I'm, like, establishment.

— Rebecca Hall

The best camera, is the one that you have with you!

— Chase Jarvis

Adrian Lyne is such an incredible director.

— Chad Lowe

I know I don't go looking for directors.

— Ciaran Hinds

When I feel like being a director, I write a novel.

— John Irving

All actors are muses for their directors.

— Waheeda Rehman

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

— William H. Macy

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

— Victoria Justice

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

— Michael Mosley

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

The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything.

— Alexander Payne

That's the greatest sin a director can commit; to make a film simply because he wants to make a film.

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

The way television works is that directors come in and out, and they're not there all the time, following every character through…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

My brother's a grip. My mom's a scriptwriter. My dad's a director. So it's like, at heart, I'm a below-the-line girl.

— Kristen Stewart

I'm not one of these directors, so far, that wants to have a whole separate director's cut of these things. So far…

— Jay Roach

My philosophy is that to be a director you cannot be subject to anyone, even the head of the studio. I threatened…

— Dorothy Arzner

For me, each film, each script is like a little journey in itself, and I'm reinventing the wheel. It's like how do…

— Pawel Pawlikowski

I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

Stanley Kubrick was very selective when he went into a close-up. Every director has his taste in a performance, but Stanley would…

— Tom Cruise

“He told me that he thinks he and the other proven directors have a responsibility to be teachers—that this should be a…

— Ed Catmull

I am not funny. The writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situations were funny… What I am is brave. I…

— Lucille Ball

The first thing I say when people ask what's the difference [between doing TV and film], is that film has an ending…

— Jason Reitman

Talent has no gender. People are hiring young male directors right out of film school, off of a student film or off…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I always enjoy working with an international crew and director. But on the set of a Hollywood action film - now that's…

— Tadanobu Asano

It all depends on the directors. Working closely with a director is the main job of a film composer. Interpreting what he…

— Danny Elfman

On a lot of shows that I've done, we had the same directors, which was cool. But then, it's also great to…

— Laura Prepon

It's important to see the work of as many directors as possible but you must not become self-conscious. You have to accept…

— James Ivory

Unlike a lot of British directors, I hadn't done any theater. But, I had a great mentor who said, "What you're looking…

— Susanna White

It was fantastic to be able to have my kids on set. Dash, my eldest son, who’s not quite five, was into…

— Cate Blanchett

I got a phone call from George Miller [the director] asking me to play this role. We sat down and he showed…

— Brittany Murphy

I believe that our world needs an instrument of global action as never before in history. I believe that the United Nations…

— Kofi Annan

I also really loved the friendship between these two women, and watching these two very different women working in this gritty male…

— Sasha Alexander

[The Head of Radio Three] had been ensnared by the Music Director of the college and a Professor of Philosophy. These two…

— Douglas Adams

I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television…

— Elijah Wood

If you're a certain type of actor, then eventually stepping into a director's shoes is a natural transition. I've always been the…

— Russell Crowe

When auditioning, I try to imagine that I'm the only person that they [directors] are seeing that day because it can be…

— Benedict Cumberbatch