Director Quotes · Page 38

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

When I was 27, I won an honorable mention in a scriptwriting contest and got a television job as an assistant director.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

Thierry could be anything he likes - a coach, a director or maybe president of Arsenal.

— Joan Laporta

After 'Ra.One,' 'Cash,' 'Tum Bin 2' did not work, I almost lost my confidence as a director.

— Anubhav Sinha

If everybody had 100% record of hits and flops, there would have been no surprises. There's not one director with 100% success rate.

— Barun Sobti

I must say, I am a 10,000-times better director because I am in therapy. I'm serious. I can understand more the actors.…

— Denis Villeneuve

In some instances, I would say the writer does deserve equal billing with the director. In other instances the director - especially…

— Mark Romanek

I try to choose characters that are very different; I think I have succeeded in that. A big role or a small…

— Nithya Menen

For me, you have to do as much work as you can beforehand and, once you get on stage or set, throw…

— Brian Gleeson

I think that as a director, especially when it comes to writing the script, which I also do, and I'm also the…

— Jiang Wen

I don't say, 'Francis Ford Coppola, what a wonderful Italian-American director.' I judge him based on his film, his craft, his art.…

— Bill Duke

My debut film was not safe at all. I was surprised when my director Abhishek Kapoor called me for the film. We…

— Prachi Desai

Usually, I don't want to sit down and listen to the director gas on about his movie. I just can't actually imagine…

— Joel Coen

I had a director who told me a story about a fan who had commented on how nice it was to see…

— Will Estes

For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.

— Henry Rollins

My job as the director is to make that as authentic as I can and not to disturb the revelry.

— Scott Hicks

Sometimes a great director will do a bad job and an okay director will do a great job. You never know.

— Ronald Meyer

Alex Zamm is probably the most talented director I've ever worked with. He is so good at working with actors and crew…

— Jen Lilley

When I'm playing as an actor, I don't want to interfere at all with the director. I'm just an actor. I'm totally…

— Jordi Molla

When you come to the set, and are aware of the limitations of the script or the director, don't expect the pigs…

— Sharmila Tagore

When you take on an acting or dancing role, you have to trust your director, and in some ways there is freedom…

— Craig Revel Horwood

When I make films, I work with Mike Leigh, who's the most prolific director in England.

— Lesley Manville

Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.

— Ram Charan

In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.

— Felicity Kendal

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.

— Robbie Coltrane

What a good actor brings to a script is something, sometimes, even directors can't imagine. The director should always have the last…

— Zoya Akhtar

I began my work as director of the Arab American Association of New York in the wake of the horrific attacks of 9/11.

— Linda Sarsour

If the director has clarity of thought and vision, you are bound to just go ahead and do what he wants to…

— Manoj Bajpayee

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

— Richard Eyre

A lot of what I think I do as a director is try to give everything over to the actor. So I…

— Ira Sachs

Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do.

— David Slade

I've always been a big fan of Anjali Menon as a director and have watched most of her films, too.

— Rana Daggubati

I can't act. I simply must be myself, do the things that seem natural to me. When I get with a director…

— George Raft

I'll give the director what he wants, but please explain the requirement. If it reaches me, then there's communication.

— Vijay Sethupathi

I won't work with an unknown banner or director. I want to work with good, known people so my efforts can be…

— Gurmeet Choudhary

Working with Ram Gopal Varma is a great experience. He is such a wonderful director and no other director gives freedom to…

— Tejaswi Madivada

I moved to MIT from Stanford in 1984 to teach, and became the founding director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab.

— Rodney Brooks

As a director, everyone has their dream and they want to approach their film a certain way.

— Raghava Lawrence