My husband John Thaw worked with many directors, some of whom cut their teeth working on the 'Sweeney,' 'Kavanagh QC' and 'Morse'… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
The great thing about women directors is that they're not only involved in the performances - they can gauge where we all… — Billie Lourd Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many incredible directors I long to work with, but then I look at their IMDb page, and… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
What I like in pictures whether by an old director or a young director is when I have the feeling he or… — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
I grew up the son of a director and grew up on sets myself, so I was the kid getting dragged around… — Dean Cain Copy Share Image
I started off as a director, so when I see other actors directing, it gives me hope that maybe they'll put me… — Niall Matter Copy Share Image
On a film set, we're all glorified troubleshooters, really, as directors. It's not if a problem arises. It's when. — Christine Swanson Copy Share Image
When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: "You're useless..." But I wanted to be the best, I wanted… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
A director's job is to make something happen and it doesn't happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people,… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I'm just happy when directors make a movie that is really sentimental but without being maudlin or saccharine or too much like… — Paul Schneider Copy Share Image
When a filmmaker does not make films, it is as if he is jailed. Even when he is freed from the small… — Jafar Panahi Copy Share Image
I've always been a huge fan of Patricia's [Rozema ], as a director and as a writer, and she's a friend. For… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
I did 40 voices for Chris Wedge, the director of the first film, before coming up with the version we used. He… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
Where am I? Who am I? How did I come to be here? What is this thing called the world? How did… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My dad, who was creative director in the '60s, always wore black jeans with black desert boots; he thought he was cool.… — Andy Spade Copy Share Image
Your agents and your managers will always say stuff to you like, "It's really important to make a good first impression on… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
The director has to win, because you should never force a director to shoot something they don't believe in. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
If you have the right actors and you can give them the freedom to explore, you've done a lot of your work… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
TV, it's a director's medium, and they wanna make it look interesting. To be rehearsing mostly for the sake of where you're… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
I didn't go to acting school, so it was great to be able to rehearse for a month or two, to workshop,… — Charlotte Gainsbourg Copy Share Image
I'm reading Joe Eszterhas biography; it's fabulous. Every time he made a movie, he fought with the director or the producer over… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
I think when you pay attention to the shots, you're aware of the fact that there's a director. Really, it's the director's… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're a color of paint on someone else's palette. But as a director, it's your canvas and you make… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I actually love Scorsese comedies. He's an underrated comedy director. I think his comedies are some of the best comedies ever made. — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
I would like you to consider the difference in the time from 1963 to date. The FBI, at that time, was headed… — John Sherman Cooper Copy Share Image
The main problem is that the Hollywood system has already made the film before the director shoots a single frame. — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
Over the long haul I'd say that most directors I've worked with have been pretty sensitive to the quality of the interpreted… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
I would love to occasionally do English-speaking films, but the script is as important for me as the director. — Audrey Tautou Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the actors are thrilled to have visitors because they're just waiting most of the day. It's the directors that are a… — Rebecca Eaton Copy Share Image
When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
I think it's very interesting for a director that enjoys thrillers and mysteries like I do to have the challenge to do… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share Image
By the time I got to be director of product management at Thomas-Conrad, I was in a better negotiating position, as I… — Maynard Webb Copy Share Image
Truthfully, most directors don't direct actors. Every actor is different, so when you're asked, "How do you approach an actor?," it depends… — John Landis Copy Share Image
And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue — liking what you've got to do.… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces,… — Alan J. Pakula Copy Share Image
I like a director that encourages me to be playful. I don't really like being restricted or controlled by a director. — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a… — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
Jamie Foley - he's a very different energy to [director] Sam [Taylor-Johnson]. The whole experience was actually quite different. — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image