Directors Quotes · Page 8

Some directors are like poets.

— Manisha Koirala

Love who and what you are and what you do.

— Louise Hay

Every director should take an acting class.

— Paul Feig

I generally have confidence in my directors.

— Mohanlal

“Even lizard + baby can be director.”

— Robert Robert

I am a very impatient director.

— Steven Spielberg

It's always the story that interests me.

— Vincente Minnelli

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

— Ben Kingsley

I'm still confounded by how few female directors there are. I don't get it.

— Stacey Snider

I'm not really a guy who wants to be a director, anyway.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Stallone is a pretty tough director. You don't mess with him.

— Dolph Lundgren

The directors I respect are the ones who have a collaborative attitude, who collaborate with actors.

— Eric Braeden

A lot of directors understand everything but the story.

— Adrian Pasdar

Directors who turn into big babies and shut out criticism stop learning.

— Richard King

More often than not, if you've got a good director and a good script you can't really go wrong.

— Douglas Booth

Acting doesn't exist in a vacuum. You need the director to have a set of eyes.

— Miles Teller

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

If a director can find the exact combination between the written word as a guideline and improvisational input from his actors, I…

— Alan Thicke

In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

[Fifty Shades Darker director] James Foley directed Fear. And that's what I love about this film, because it has a real sexy…

— Bella Heathcote

At times, there are misunderstandings [during shooting]. Especially with green screen and not really knowing what it is that you're looking at,…

— Danny Huston

I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to…

— Jon Lovitz

[John] Hughes was open to that [rehearsal]. This can only happen if the director and/or the writer are open to that.

— Judd Nelson

The work I'm doing on the screen differs from that of anyone else. My comedy is of a peculiar nature...no writers have…

— W. C. Fields

In looking at Hollywood and its structure, the director controls the medium, and I want to be in control of certain things.…

— Jamie Foxx

It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the form of…

— Jimmy Cannon

I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like Everwood that the directors were constantly reeling me in and stopping…

— Chris Pratt

Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, theres a lot…

— Christine Vachon

IN THE CINEMA A DIRECTOR EXPRESSES HIS INDIVIDUALITY FIRST AND FOREMOST THROUGH HIS SENSE OF TIME, THROUGH RHYTHM. RHYTHM GIVES COLOUR TO…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

In personal conversations between director and actor, the male directors that I've worked with are just as emotional. Maybe it's because I…

— Kristen Stewart

What I'm always afraid of is going "off-book,I always get upset when the director leaves the classic comic that was so very…

— Lauren Shuler Donner

Choosing a director is like choosing a therapist - you want somebody who is going to be a step or two ahead…

— Donald Margulies

If a director says he doesn't care how many people see his films at all, I simply don't believe him. Otherwise why…

— Michael Haneke

We are interested in stifling the sale of this book. We believe that this can be best accomplished by refusing to be…

— Madison Grant

Consider him in his highest incarnation: the university professor. What is his function? Simply to pass on to fresh generations of numskulls…

— H. L. Mencken

J.C. [Chandor] was the kind of energy we were looking for, so we decided to get behind it with all of our…

— Zachary Quinto

In the stand-up comedy top, there's room for everyone - if you're good, there's room for everyone. You'll put on your own…

— Jim Jefferies

The director of the institute where I was working apologized about these young, enthusiastic researchers when the World Bank visited because he…

— Vandana Shiva

At a time when the threat of nuclear arms is again increasing, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to underline that this threat…

— Mohamed ElBaradei