Director Quotes · Page 34

Inarritu's own nomination for Best Director for 'Babel' was the first such honor for a Mexican director.

— Elvis Mitchell

I have regretted saying no' to a director who wanted to bank on my dancing skills for an amazing role in the…

— Shamna Kasim

When making a music video, it becomes quite difficult to find a director who can puts all your words into pictures and…

— Declan McKenna

'The Dance Scene' is basically the most amazing dance show in the world, and it follows me as a creative director. You…

— Laurieann Gibson

Being the director - way fancier than 'just' being the writer. People call you 'talent.'

— Marti Noxon

I get to be in a room with other actors, but I never, or very rarely, get the chance to be in…

— Joe Mantello

I was asked if I'd audition for a part in a Broadway musical because the director just loved me.

— Amy Macdonald

When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.

— Harold E. Varmus

The respect for a musical score must come from the director... If the director has no power and has to surrender to…

— Ennio Morricone

I don't want to make studio films if I am constantly fighting to assert some kind of leadership within the process. I'm…

— Karyn Kusama

The director is simply the audience. So the terrible burden of the director is to take the place of that yawning vacuum,…

— Orson Welles

Some people work very closely with a director or a producer on something, and from the get go, they're collaborating. But typically,…

— Roger Craig Smith

In Hong Kong, particularly, we craft this art for decades. The action choreographer actually is the action director. He takes over and…

— Donnie Yen

Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But…

— Ben Affleck

It's seldom that you get to work with one director more than once. I've worked with Clint Eastwood three times, but that's…

— Morgan Freeman

'A Perfect Place' is character-driven. The director for that wanted a couple of identifiable themes with a bunch of variations. That is…

— Mike Patton

I feel as if I've been fairly successful with maintaining a cohesive tone between the work I make as a photographer and…

— Aaron Ruell

Not every director does this, but I did: I made a list of every shot you're going to set up for every…

— Miriam Shor

As a creator on digital platforms, you are your own director, producer and writer. It is a lot of work and responsibility.

— Jonita Gandhi

I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.

— Tahar Rahim

'Creative director' is a catchall phrase for giving ideas. To me, it obviously means more than that. It's like being a counselor.

— Virgil Abloh

I wanted to have a creative director crazy enough to say, 'Sure, I'll do a collection in five days.'

— Marco Bizzarri

Todd Haynes was incredible, he treated me like an adult, communicated with me, was supportive, he treated me as any director would…

— Millicent Simmonds

I think of myself as a problem-solver. I want to go in and help the director and the writer to get the…

— Michael Emerson

If I feel insecure, then I am in the wrong profession. I have to trust my director and the material he has…

— Arjun Kapoor

If I see that everything the director does is motivated by trying to achieve the best, I can accept anything.

— Jim Sarbh

I became a director by accident. M.S. Raju garu asked me to direct a movie, and I said OK. It all happened…

— Prabhu Deva

When you get confidence from your director, as an actor, it is all a matter of how your director says, 'This is…

— Pankaj Kapur

I always look at auditions as not even getting the job as much as I'm just trying to connect with this casting…

— Sebastian Stan

When I choose a script I look for a good storyline, there should be good supporting star cast, director and banner as…

— Ravi Kishan

I will one day be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of The Brown Bunny.

— Roger Ebert

I was a choir director for my high school. Of my friends, I was the more rational one, because I was the…

— Big Freedia

It's madness to hand in a script to a director, leave them alone, and for the director not to want the writer…

— Peter Morgan

I am a board member and the volunteer director of medical and scientific content for Less Cancer.

— Margaret Cuomo

The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices…

— Bertie Carvel

I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something.

— T. J. Miller

As a director, you just have to kind of like just get through the first project before starting on the next one.

— Joshua Michael Stern

There was one director who crossed the line. I scolded him so much that he later never tried anything.

— Mumtaj

OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them.

— Jack Nicholson

To be honest, the real reason I did 'Drive' was because of Nicolas Winding Refn, the director.

— Christina Hendricks