Director Quotes · Page 27

As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm…

— Ebon Moss-Bachrach

As for 'Jogger's Park,' it was refreshing to work with Anant Balani. As a director he's cool as a cucumber.

— Victor Banerjee

Being nominated is a great thrill, and we like to say that all four of us were nominated, which means that our…

— Bill Irwin

Ashwini Chowdhary is a very sensitive director. I could give myself 100 per cent to him.

— Neha Dhupia

To perform on stage, you have to run through your paces till you are perfect. Despite the script and director, the actor…

— Zeenat Aman

Personally, I don't claim to be a great director. My films are made for children, not intellectuals.

— Priyadarshan

Some actors merely have to appear before the camera and they are able to convey exactly what the director wants.

— Sharat Saxena

One rule which applies to every role is that you have to surrender yourself to the director with an empty slate.

— Vicky Kaushal

I thoroughly enjoyed shooting for 'Velaikkaran,' and I made a great friend in Sivakarthikeyan during the process. Also, it was wonderful working…

— Fahadh Faasil

I think people really don't understand what a producer does versus what a director does. I mean, the producer is often the…

— Lauren Shuler Donner

I wanted to become a director before I wanted to become a writer. When I was 10, people would ask me what…

— Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

I see myself more as an action director. All right, I do enjoy intense, bloodthirsty action but I like to blend and…

— Neil Marshall

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the…

— William Friedkin

I was in a TV show called 'Lucky' on FX. The casting director from 'Lucky' was casting 'Dragon Wars'. She called me…

— Craig Robinson

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as…

— Vera Farmiga

Everything feels so personal when you're an actor because you're so open and vulnerable, and you have to trust your director to…

— Miriam Shor

I feel like I might be a designer or stylist - or a director because I have always been super interested in…

— Billie Eilish

I was 17, certainly by the time I was 19, I knew that show business was where I was going to end…

— Brian Henson

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

As a director, I was apprehensive about the outcome of 'Kick.' As it scored well, it is my duty to get above…

— Sajid Nadiadwala

As an author, you hope for a director and a cast that will make something wonderful out of your book.

— Bernhard Schlink

I painted from the time I was five years old. I was going to be a painter, an actor, a director, and…

— Dennis Hopper

I think that what a lot of people tell you, a lot of the job of the director is having an opinion…

— Etan Cohen

I always go crazy over every scene and have to discuss it with my director many times. Even Sekhar Kammula, who directed…

— Sai Pallavi

I can't see myself being a television director unless it's for a two-hour movie.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I come from a generation that had no monitors on the sets. You had to go with the director's conviction and be…

— Tabu

It's very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do…

— Kevin Hart

'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in.

— Jason Reitman

I had to get a job, and of course, the job was 'The Godfather.' That made me be something I didn't know…

— Francis Ford Coppola

I think it's disrespectful to go onto a set without some clear idea of what your intentions are, because then you're hanging…

— David Milch

Any director who's willing to be brave not only in terms of subject matter but also in terms of being emotional and…

— Zal Batmanglij

As the director, you are the organiser who has to have all the answers. You are the person with maximum clarity.

— Farhan Akhtar

When I gave a direction to an actor in the show, I know their whole journey better than a guest director could…

— Miriam Shor

The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los…

— Swoosie Kurtz

The Red Wedding was, for myself as a director doing this, such a mammoth experience.

— David Nutter

When I worked as an assistant director in 2007, Indraganti Mohan Krishna offered me a lead role. Now, the same director has…

— Nani

My father is an action director and he often worked with Veeru Devgnji. That's how I would end up at Ajay Devgn's…

— Sunny Singh

If people knew who I was I would not have able to experience the grind that an assistant director goes through.

— Akshara Haasan

I really love the experience of moving things around, in terms of being a director.

— Johnny Depp

When the director narrates the story, I try to understand how he wants me to do my role and I try to…

— Rao Ramesh