I did a great show Off-Broadway called Leave It To Beaver Is Dead that was at the Public Theater in New York.… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
Because I've made a film with such an amazing director as Tarantino, I'm much more conscious of working with good directors from… — Melanie Laurent Copy Share Image
Every now and then I have to teach directing. The thing about the theatre is that the most important thing you can… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
I have my set rigged with the biggest sound system possible and have a mini jack for my iPod attached to my… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
I don't want to infantilize the actor; I want to empower the actor. Actors can be many things, but all of the… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
Every film I've ever worked on, and that includes 'Braveheart' and 'Trainspotting,' I've always witnessed a director having a breakdown. Every director… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
I know it sounds earnest, but I do really feel in my bones that acting is just a small part of the… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
I love Kimberly Peirce. Incredibly intense is a good way of describing her. Brutally honest. Really sharp. She's a director for actors.… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
It's very, very technical, what we do in film. While all of the lights are there and all of the crew members… — Jeffrey Donovan Copy Share Image
John Lewis is such a remarkable human being. Literally, such a beautiful human being. I remember the first time I met him.… — Stephan James Copy Share Image
But I don't really care for directors flaring up and trying to humble some actor, which they would do to try and… — Richard Farnsworth Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
There's obviously something that feels very good about being with a new filmmaker who's very excited, but I also think there's something… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
Now, before you make a movie, you have to have a script, and before you have a script, you have to have… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I guess I'm not jaded because I still believe that there are good films out there, and there are great directors, and… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I went to art school and tried a bunch of different things, but… — Sofia Coppola Copy Share Image
You never really know what the director has got in his mind as far as the scene visually and art direction wise,… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
There is quite an important director in Germany who I think in the early fifties over here, and then went back, and… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
I can tell you it makes a big difference to have a director who is collaborative. What motivates a character in my… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
A successful director is someone who has the combination of skills that you can learn, but there's also an intuitive sensibility that… — Rick Heinrichs Copy Share Image
It was great having them around and I have to say pretty weird seeing them all grown up! Plus we have Jeremy… — Joel McHale Copy Share Image
As you're growing up, it's odd, because directors don't expect you to grow up. They think you'll be young forever, but as… — Nicholas Hoult Copy Share Image
Look out for each other. I think the more we support each other as a community, the more successful we will be.… — Sian Heder Copy Share Image
A strong film director does leave you to your devices. A strong director allows you to be free and you trust that… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
My mother worked all of her life, she was a dance teacher and I also noticed, to be honest, that most of… — Garry Marshall Copy Share Image
In the age of activism that is clearly not going away, it would seem that some form of engagement from directors with… — Andrew Ross Sorkin 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 always think I could do better. I always think that something could be more perfect, but I think that that's just… — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
The only way I know as a director is to figure out what the film is about. And out of the theme… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
A writer/director is a tough thing to gauge when someone hasn't directed a movie before. You just don't know. Sometimes it will… — Richard Ayoade Copy Share Image
I can't imagine being a woman in the world of acting, like where you age starts to weigh you down - you… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Richard Curtis, the writer and director of Love Actually, is brilliant at many things, but his genius, I submit, is for thrusting… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
I've never done a movie in that genre, and I love a lot of those movies. I watched the director's [David Freyne]… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
Whenever I've been asked to be in a film, directors only want me to play myself... I'm fascinated by the thought of… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
I was very obsessed with Ruth Gordon. I really didn't foresee me having any type of career as a leading lady at… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
Despite his reputation as one of America's foremost "serious" filmmakers, Oliver Stone's name under the "director" caption does not guarantee a good… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
If I'm a director and I read a script and I say yeah I really want to do this, I would never… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I think the whole nostalgia for the forty year gap for [Sylvester] Stallone was bigger than the movie [Creed], but it's good… — Bun B Copy Share Image
![“We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we'll see what happens.” quote by Billie Joe Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/271/billie-joe-armstrong-1888_broadway_we-do-have-american-idiot-picked-up-by-h_694748.jpg)
![“John Lewis is such a remarkable human being. Literally, such a beautiful human being. I remember the first time I met him. We were in the middle of a scene and [Selma director] Ava DuVernay calls, "Cut," and then he literally just came in. He just came walking in.I just froze. I can't explain the…” quote by Stephan James](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7c0/stephan-james-17537_beautiful_john-lewis-is-such-a-remarkable-human-be_207419.jpg)
![“I guess I'm not jaded because I still believe that there are good films out there, and there are great directors, and there are great writers. It just takes a little bit more perseverance and a little bit more time to find [them].” quote by Elijah Wood](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/43f/elijah-wood-4751_believe_i-guess-i-m-not-jaded-because-i-still-be_2128123.jpg)
![“I can't imagine being a woman in the world of acting, like where you age starts to weigh you down - you go from being attractive to where they [directors] decided you're out... I feel like with stand-up comedy, it doesn't matter if I've gotten fatter.” quote by Jim Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d03/jim-jefferies-8092_acting_i-can-t-imagine-being-a-woman-in-the-wor_441958.jpg)
![“I've never done a movie in that genre, and I love a lot of those movies. I watched the director's [David Freyne] short film [The First Wave], which I loved. And the script was just so good. He's found this way to tell a new story.” quote by Ellen Page](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c9d/ellen-page-2745_cinema_i-ve-never-done-a-movie-in-that-genre-an_3185499.jpg)
![“I was very obsessed with Ruth Gordon. I really didn't foresee me having any type of career as a leading lady at all because it was just blonds. I just wasn't the type - I was told that by casting directors. I auditioned for Running on Empty [1988] and The Mosquito Coast [1986], and Martha Plimpton…” quote by Winona Ryder](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b0c/winona-ryder-1469_careers_i-was-very-obsessed-with-ruth-gordon-i-r_1896160.jpg)
![“I think the whole nostalgia for the forty year gap for [Sylvester] Stallone was bigger than the movie [Creed], but it's good because the movie still gets recognized with Stallone's involvement. I'm sure the director [Ryan Coogler] is still proud of his film, but it's very hard to nominate a…” quote by Bun B](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a1b/bun-b-10711_bigger_i-think-the-whole-nostalgia-for-the-fort_480088.jpg)
