I just do things because I fancy the parts and the…

“But [Syd] liked the simple things as much as the fancy stuff. In her view, it was all magnificent because she had an uncanny…

— Jennifer Probst

It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for…

— Naveen Andrews

I can make fried tofu, boiled tofu, stuffed tofu. Cutlets and other fancy stuff, that's for other directors.

— Yasujiro Ozu

I think I've always wanted to direct, but I didn't go to film school. I was lucky enough to work in movies, and I…

— Greta Gerwig

First of all the criteria that I have that goes into any career decision is whether or not I have the life experience, emotional…

— Nicolas Cage

Sometimes you can't even find the director on a movie set. Sometimes you don't want to find the director on a movie set.

— Stanley Tucci

As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying…

— Gary Johnson

Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position and made him eat…

— Albert Brooks

If the director's a communist, whatever, he's a communist. All I care is that he directs. For the actor, the same thing. All you…

— Clint Eastwood

I was focused on The Hunger Games movie with my director, with the studio, and with the cast and crew. We all just focused…

— Nina Jacobson

I'm seen as a little risky to the industry, I think. All my favorite directors are.

— Sean Baker

I had a very blessed journey with the upbringing I had. When you're working on sets as a stuntman, you have a firsthand account…

— Ric Roman Waugh

I was in good shape from Divergent. Damien Chazelle, the director of Whiplash told me, ‘Stop Working Out! Don’t go outside!’ He wanted me…

— Miles Teller

The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

— Taylor Hackford

A successful director is someone who has the combination of skills that you can learn, but there's also an intuitive sensibility that they bring…

— Rick Heinrichs