Director Quotes · Page 24

There are lots of people that make movies. It's not just the director.

— Paul Bettany

It helps for actors if you have one director.

— James Watkins

I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.

— Harmony Korine

All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

— Mark Romanek

Having a connection and chemistry with a director is really key.

— Dylan O'Brien

I reach on the sets ready to be moulded by the director and give my best shot.

— Vikrant Massey

You have this idea that Hollywood is all about making money and is very impersonal. But 'Love, Simon' is such a passion…

— Becky Albertalli

I never intended to be a director in the first place. I became one by default when during 'Shaheed' I had to…

— Manoj Kumar

The majority of people know me as a dancer, but they don't also know that I'm a director, a songwriter and a…

— Cris Judd

An actor gets to take a nap, but the director is working hard from dawn till midnight. I'm kind of lazy.

— Michael Horse

I did 'Basic Instinct 2' because I had a baby about to be born, and the director said we could shoot before…

— David Thewlis

I have always believed that an actor cannot afford to have a favorite genre. He must excel in every kind of film…

— Manoj Bajpayee

I came to the cinema industry to become a director from the inspiration of Guru Dutt and Shantaram.

— Hamsalekha

As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

— Kevin Spacey

When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director,…

— John Tesh

With the commissioning of new schools undertaken by a local director of school standards, decisions will be fair and transparent, rooted in…

— David Blunkett

I suppose they call me a womans director because there were all these movie queens in the old days, and I directed…

— George Cukor

I enjoyed all my films equally. I have loved working in all the movies which I signed. Whenever I used to like…

— Asha Parekh

I love working with a set designer because, in many respects, you meet the set designer before you meet the actors. So…

— George C. Wolfe

It's wrong to make a living off the theater. Theater should be supported, like redwood trees. You should make your living -…

— Orson Bean

I've always been slightly hesitant about generalizing movies made by men and women being different in their nature; I think movies by…

— Susanne Bier

What's funny is, I was always certain that I couldn't be a director because there are things about the physics of camera…

— Julie Plec

I feel comfortable with either digital or film - the director and the project should determine the course of choice.

— Robert Richardson

The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going somewhere the director is not.

— William Hurt

I grew as an actress, and I feel I gained a lot, whenever I have worked with any great director in the…

— Huma Qureshi

My father, John Marcellus Huston, was a director renowned for his adventurous style and audacious nature.

— Anjelica Huston

I love the music video for 'Crash and Burn.' I was very excited to work with the director to make something stylistic…

— Darren Hayes

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It…

— Max von Sydow

There are still people who have an issue working with a woman director. Women can be viewed as 'difficult' even though they…

— Lucy Walker

Theater is very much the world I'd like to get back to, particularly in New York, both as an actor and director.

— Jason Alexander

As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change…

— Juan Antonio Bayona

Whatever understanding I have of filmmaking is because of my stint as an assistant director on 'Gangs of Wasseypur.'

— Vicky Kaushal

Any director will tell you, no matter how big his budget, that it's always the budget and the day count.

— Michael Sucsy

I'm getting more and more used to the fact that being a director and being a woman are two things that everyone…

— Marielle Heller

Jack Bender is a real actor's director. Because he was an actor, and because he directed theater, he really enjoys that process.

— Michael Emerson

Finally, 'Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu' happened. The director had doubts if a city-bred, fair-looking boy would fit the role of a village kabbadi…

— Vishnu Vishal

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

— Stanley Tucci

My first real job as a director was working with Robbie Baitz on his play 'Three Hotels.' It was an incredible collaboration.

— Joe Mantello

The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelow's thrilling Best Director win may help turn things around.

— Lynda Obst

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

— William H. Macy