But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
I aspire to be an instrument of the director. I'm happiest like that. The stronger the director, the more I'm willing to… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I want to really stress this, I am a director, an actor, producer, action choreographer, and I'm also an investor. — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
The Dead was cool, It's a great horror story. I went to the casting director of this movie and talked to him,… — Matthew McGrory Copy Share Image
I've been in this business a long time, and I've worked with a lot of different directors now. It's cool to get… — Michael Rooker Copy Share Image
My favorite parts of work as an actor and a director are those unplanned mistakes that do happen, because it's like catching… — David Duchovny 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
I'm actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say no all the time. 'No' is the most powerful word in our… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
I had worked for a lot of directors whose work I didn't respect, and as I was editing material, I was thinking… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
If you're sounding right, you're probably walking right, and vice versa. If you get the footwork right - if you get even… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
When I was creative director [at Estée Lauder], I was always being asked about my beauty must-haves. From there I had this… — Aerin Lauder Copy Share Image
I personally want to work with great directors and great actors. My thing is about being inspired. You want money to come,… — Scott Cohen Copy Share Image
Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
I learned that as a director, you're around all these talented people, so you have this window that all these really good… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I once gave a talk at a girls' school and, once I'd finished, 29 out of the 30 girls wanted to be… — Beeban Kidron 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
As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I always felt that the telefilm directors made wonderful films, which are even better than the big screen movies, but never got… — Arin Paul Copy Share Image
Director Oliver Stone says he's going to make a movie about Vladimir Putin. I can't believe anyone would want to work with… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
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
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
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 you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980. — Jacques Rivette Copy Share Image
I'm on a crusade to get movie directors to get their science right because, more often than they believe, the science is… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I'd say I got three or four offers for films that had female directors, so in my career I haven't had that… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
CIA Director George Tenet has now testified before the 9/11 commission and he said we are still making the same dumb mistakes,… — David Letterman Copy Share Image