There's was no pressure on it for me - I just went in and had fun. Whatever Jason Moore, the director, asked… — Max von Essen Copy Share Image
You can say something that can really help and actor and you can say something that can really get in the way… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
It used to be embarrassing. In the beginning, because you listen to yourself so much, you think, I must look like an… — Rachael MacFarlane Copy Share Image
I'm probably one of the worst actors as far as preparation goes, because I actually don't prepare. I find it easier to… — Jaimie Alexander Copy Share Image
You've got to remember that improvisers are writers and actors and directors all simultaneously. That's what's happening in real time because you're… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I studied cinema at the university so I had a very classical approach to it. I studied all those silent films, and… — Gaspard Ulliel Copy Share Image
Ink and paper are as cheap as sand or water, almost. No board of directors has to convene in order to decide… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The directors did an amazing job and Josh Holloway is just he's just shining. I think that, of the people I started… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together. This kind… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
The directors I consider really great have the ability to recognize when something's going in an unexpected direction and see it as… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
The challenge in writing the songs for The Aristocats truly fell on the animators & director of the film. Robert & I… — Richard Sherman Copy Share Image
I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
While Admiral Neffenger is an impressive man, it is naive and dangerous to pretend installing one director can heal what ails TSA,… — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
I have always credited the writer of the original material above the title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Bram Stoker's Dracula, or John… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Some directors, like Stevens [George Stevens], shoot full circle, 360 degrees, and that's what's right for them. I generally shoot at about… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
It's weird, I love acting and stand-up is a very unique, solitary thing where you are the writer, performer and director. But… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I remember in The Conversation, they brought all these coats to me, and they said: Do you want him to look like… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I've always felt it's the directors purview to say what; it's the actor's purview to say how. It's not good for an… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
So you know when you were work on Man of Steel, in 10 years somebody is going to do the music for… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
To me, achieving tone, achieving consistency, is exactly the job of a director. It is to be the fusing, the nexus of… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
My favorite thing in moviemaking is to shoot in chronological order if at all possible, because it just helps for continuity and… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic. The words for me are secondary, but… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
I worked on three independent movies in close succession and I really learned from those directors how to stay on budget, make… — Michael Urie Copy Share Image
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We were looking for someone who could get the film [Filth] made at that kind of level, with the finance we wanted,… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
There are a lot of actors who will watch the monitors. They'll do a scene, and then the director will look back… — Ray Liotta Copy Share Image
What the computer can do in art and design has turned aesthetics on its head... with the computer, things are not so… — Nicholas von Hoffman Copy Share Image
It began when I was so ill that there was a good chance of dying. I promised myself that if I survived… — Helmut Newton Copy Share Image
As the director, you're meant to be critical and you are, so there are loads of things. But the thing is, the… — David Slade Copy Share Image
I love when a director shows up with a lot of energy, and different ideas about how to change things and do… — Bailey Chase Copy Share Image
I was really fortunate from the time I arrived in Hollywood to work with some of the greatest directors from the beginning.… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Roles came to me. I was very, very lucky in that respect. Great directors, great writers, great producers - they saw something… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I don't come to work as an actor. There are many directors who can direct without ever having acted and do a… — Abdellatif Kechiche Copy Share Image
People have nervous tics they don't know about, and I would advise asking around. Ask the casting director, 'Is there something I'm… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
There are directors, and I think this is true of all directors, it would be true if I was a director -… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Very, very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I'm a huge Hayao Miyazaki fan. He might be my favorite director of all time - the beauty that he sees in… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Jack [Nicholson] really knows about the camera. He's one of the directors who likes to play with the camera. He'll change things… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
![“Some directors, like Stevens [George Stevens], shoot full circle, 360 degrees, and that's what's right for them. I generally shoot at about a seven to one ratio. But part of that is because I've worked on every screenplay, so I'm further along in the visual concept.” quote by Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e73/elia-kazan-6753_360-degrees_some-directors-like-stevens-george-steve_644576.jpg)
![“My favorite thing in moviemaking is to shoot in chronological order if at all possible, because it just helps for continuity and all the logistical purposes. It also helps with performance and the journey of each character, but I also think it's good for the director and everyone [else] involved.” quote by Zoe Bell](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/047/zoe-bell-4056_character_my-favorite-thing-in-moviemaking-is-to-s_1862325.png)
![“We were looking for someone who could get the film [Filth] made at that kind of level, with the finance we wanted, and we spoke to a lot of people. When I met James [McAvoy] in the Soho Hotel with Jon Baird, the director, he looked about ten years old. I thought there's no way he's going to be a…” quote by Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d43/irvine-welsh-843_alcoholics_we-were-looking-for-someone-who-could-ge_1584255.jpg)
![“Jack [Nicholson] really knows about the camera. He's one of the directors who likes to play with the camera. He'll change things around, play with lighting, things like that. He'll even spend hours on the set-up for an insert shot. He's an interested person who gets involved in all the aspects of…” quote by Vilmos Zsigmond](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/865/vilmos-zsigmond-9377_aspect_jack-nicholson-really-knows-about-the-ca_935339.png)
