I don't have a director's mind.

I never really saw myself as a comedy director, and I still don't. I see myself as a director.

— Melina Matsoukas

The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

— D. B. Sweeney

I don't have a director. The audience directs me.

— Hal Holbrook

A game director, in my mind, is somebody who makes everybody on the team miserable for the duration of the project.

— Cory Barlog

“You are the writer, producer, and director of your own mind programs.”

— Elizabeth Bohorquez RN

As the director, you have it in your mind how you want the part done, how you want someone to do it, and so…

— Jonathan Krisel

The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors.

— James Cameron

If a film is well made, then great, whatever it's about.

— Winona Ryder

As a director, people are trusting you with their lives, with their stories.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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

Because I thought there's no point trying to second guess what people are looking for, because if I'm the right director for it, then…

— Kate Herron

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

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

You have to have a great director to make a great movie.

— Thelma Schoonmaker