You either are a good director or you're not.

Good is the director who lets you do what you have to do.

— Marc Ribot

Directors know nothing. I never had the privilege of working with any good director. Except Satyen Bose and Bimal Roy, no one even knew…

— Kishore Kumar

It is true that I got recognition. But however good the comedies are, nobody will accept a good comedy director as a good director.…

— Priyadarshan

I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.

— Crystal Reed

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

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 I really want to do something, I'll go in and do whatever the director feels that he needs me to do.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.

— Barkhad Abdi

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

I need to gain a lot more experience. I think so much of being a director, other than the technical aspect and the artistry…

— Josh Peck

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

— Kevin Hart

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

Due to God's grace and a good director, I became successful.

— Rajinikanth

A good director makes a playground and allows you to play.

— Martin Landau

After all these years, I'm starting to learn what a good director does, and I know what a good one does with actors: help…

— Brian Geraghty