Director Quotes · Page 37

I'm not a normal director. You can't look at me that way. What's kept me alive is my technical skill at doing…

— Melvin Van Peebles

Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.

— Vera Farmiga

I wish that every director was as interested in doing as much in camera and with physical objects as much as possible…

— Joseph Gatt

There's been a realization in college athletics that an athletic director really is a businessman.

— Oliver Luck

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

I have an association that director means total authority. Director means they will never let you down. Director means just trust them…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

I work independently of the director, and to some extent, that's actually a big relief to them. When I come to them…

— James Newton Howard

As a director, you try to do things that are going to touch the human experience somehow, and emotions that mean something…

— Catherine Hardwicke

There was a time when I desperately wanted to be part of a Yash Chopra film, not because he was a great…

— Katrina Kaif

I've worked with Len Wiseman before, on the 'Underworld' series, in which I was a vampire. The first two of those were…

— Bill Nighy

Although the Academy prefers their Best Pictures grounded in realism, not fantasy, Lee's 'Life of Pi' win proved that the voters understand…

— Richard Corliss

Rehearsals are set up so that you find out all the nuances about your character. You never want to beat yourself up.…

— Djimon Hounsou

If a script comes together, and you end up liking the people who are part of it, that's when you can make…

— Alexa Vega

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

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

— Jason Reitman

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

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

— Tabu

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

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

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

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

— Farhan Akhtar

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 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

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

— Sajid Nadiadwala

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

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

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 started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.

— Gary Sinise

Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests…

— Naomi Watts

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

Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

— John Lasseter

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

— Victor Banerjee