Director Quotes · Page 25

I have been an art director, a book designer, a book-jacket designer and an interior designer.

— Milton Glaser

I didn't know that I could act, but my friend told me, 'Before you do directing, maybe you should try acting. It…

— Choi Woo-shik

I bumped into Mike Epps in a barber shop. I was in the Warner Brothers studios trying to find my way for…

— Joivan Wade

I got my first film break because the director Karel Reisz saw me at a small theater party.

— Vanessa Redgrave

I've always thought Ed Burns was a profoundly underrated actor. He's a great director, obviously. A great director/writer. But I think he's…

— John C. McGinley

I think acting is boring because you have to sit for a long time. And being a director I am used to…

— Vikram Bhatt

A few years back I was asked if I would go and meet a director and his various acolytes, and it occurred…

— Peter O'Toole

You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether…

— Ciaran Hinds

I never choose films because of its starcast - the director and the story are the most important factors for me.

— Amaal Mallik

I'm not the type of person who can be a director for hire, I have to find my own way into it.

— Marielle Heller

Auditioning is such an unnatural thing. You're in a tiny little room with, like, seven people cramped together, acting to a casting…

— Jane Levy

I would love to see Steven Spielberg working. I just think he's the greatest living director.

— Peter Segal

The Hollywood model is to develop scripts for 10 years, sell them, transfer them, attach this actor, then attach a director. This…

— Mike Birbiglia

Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to…

— Vidya Balan

I have been waiting around to get the right script and the right director. For example, in the past, if a Hollywood…

— Gong Li

If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get…

— Rafe Spall

I thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I…

— Fede Alvarez

Casting directors I don't think are the best in Mexico at street casting. Whereas, I think, in New York and in L.A.,…

— Cary Fukunaga

'Hanna' was nice. It was Saoirse Ronan's idea. Usually, the director casts the actor, but in this case, the actor cast the…

— Joe Wright

They have accepted me as a big debut Bollywood director. So, I should write something brilliant.

— Sajid Nadiadwala

Acting is just another facet and it will not affect my output as a music director.

— Vijay Antony

I can't tell you how disheartening it is to be told to go home because the director is filming you from behind…

— Andrea Riseborough

Yes, I do bring something of my own to the plate. But I strongly believe that a film is a director and…

— Mithila Palkar

Everyone wants to be a writer, director, producer. I don't have the imagination for that, but, hopefully, I can continue to act.

— Holly Marie Combs

Realistically, it's the great truism that screenwriters are fungible, that at the end of the day a studio is not going to…

— John Logan