Directors Quotes · Page 74

There are many, many different kinds of movies and directors and styles. I don't mind that a movie looks like a movie.

— Vilmos Zsigmond

The majority of people know me as a dancer, but they don't also know that I'm a director, a songwriter and a…

— Cris Judd

I think filmmaking should be a wonderfully free collaborative process, and it so very rarely is. I often see directors as jailers…

— Gary Oldman

In every shoot, between the actor and the director there is manipulation. I'm not saying that negatively. It's healthy.

— Adele Exarchopoulos

I used to put that I studied with Stella Adler on my resume. I never met Stella Adler. But if you told…

— Billy Bob Thornton

This is the fourth movie that I've done with this set of director-writers and I've learned to trust them at this point,…

— Mark Mothersbaugh

When you start a new project and they say, "Your director is going to be Joe Blo," you're hoping that Joe Blo…

— Martin Short

The first thing I ask when Im offered a part is, Whos the director? which is something they never understand in Los…

— Swoosie Kurtz

There's good directors and bad directors. Some of the critics are really conscientious and really try to do what they can popularize…

— Peter Bogdanovich

My job as artistic director at the Brighton digital agency Lighthouse is all about trying to show that digital culture is about…

— Honor Harger

I think it's hard for women to be directors, particularly in the feature world because, biologically, your peak career-making years are also…

— Laura Ziskin

This is not a tough job. You read a script. If you like the part and the money is O.K., you do…

— Robert Mitchum

When I think about directing a film, the thing that stops me short is wondering if I'm a natural at it the…

— Edward Norton

When I got the script for Thelma & Louise, when I met with the director, Ridley Scott, I said, "I don't want…

— Susan Sarandon

Never give up. I do believe it is harder for female directors. I have been lucky to receive support from the Sundance…

— Sophie Barthes

I was the enemy of the major studio. I believed in one man - one film. I believed one man should make…

— Frank Capra

I would like to work with new-generation directors like Karthik Subbaraj, Nalan Kumarasamy and Seenu Ramasamy.

— Vivek

Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have…

— Spike Lee

Even the most elitist director or author who claims that he doesn't care if his works are seen or not, then I…

— Michael Haneke

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

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

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

The thing about movies is if somebody has an idea that works, it's in, and I say that as a screenwriter as…

— William Monahan

On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think…

— Gary Oldman

As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors. But I must do my job…

— Chow Yun-Fat

Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors,…

— Ben Stiller

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

If Martin Scorsese calls, I am available. And then there the ones, well, you can just run down the list - any…

— Timothy Olyphant

I'd say the film to avoid is a director's second film, particularly if his first film was a big success. The second…

— John Hurt

“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

It's a collaborative art form where we can both learn something from the other. That's what you want from the relationship with…

— Cam Gigandet

I miss the comraderie of live television - the fact that you were on the set, you worked closely with the director…

— Rod Serling

[Director Richard Tanne] was inspired by their [Barack and Michelle Obama] flirtation, and their connection. That's not normal with politicians who are…

— Tika Sumpter

The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and…

— Stanley Kubrick

I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on…

— Bernie Mac

There is a dearth of senior artistes in Kollywood and it is up to the directors to utilise my potential and experience.

— Sathyapriya

There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on…

— Anonymous