Director Quotes · Page 42

Sometimes, I've had the experience with a director where I didn't share the same vision of the movie.

— Lauren Shuler Donner

As much as I love to travel and be on stage and perform, I knew at a very young age that I…

— Alyssa Edwards

“A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it up and makes it again.”

— Jean Renoir

I mean he's a very famous director... they're not going to put their... and he's very tough, he doesn't like interference at…

— Ronald Harwood

Also, I plan to screw something up on every movie I do so that I can learn from my mistakes and become…

— Richard King

Yet as a director, I don't feel you have to identify with your characters as a requirement to make a movie.

— David Fincher

The 20-year goal is to be a film director. The 15-year goal is to win an Oscar. The five-year goal is to…

— Tom Holland

I never had a mentor. God, it would have been nice, but I just didn't. I look up to Jane Campion. And…

— Niki Caro

Having Jim Henry, someone who has spent his career serving our state, as my state director will bring tremendous experience to our…

— Bill Hagerty

David Fincher is a longtime friend. As a director, my wife had worked with him as a makeup artist when he would…

— Anthony Edwards

I've secretly harboured a desire to direct for a quite a long time. It's so much more challenging. As an actor you…

— Tara Fitzgerald

Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has…

— Sheryl Lee

I've always said the one advantage an actor has of converting to a director is that he's been in front of the…

— Clint Eastwood

I never wanted to be a film director but after this experience I really loved it. I would love to do more…

— Marc Singer

I know how a cinematographer wants to be treated by their director, and so I already have a leg up in that…

— Reed Morano

I won't deny that when you look at a director's work, you are aware of the different works that they have done.…

— Kirti Kulhari

There's a heresy which is perpetuated by film school that to be a great director you have to write your own stuff.

— Ken Loach

Your director is your main support - actors don't generally give each other advice on set, not in my experience.

— Paul Dano

I'd like to be able to be like a director, like Richard Brooks, say. And be able to say, 'I did my…

— Katharine Ross

I think, first of all, director Park Shin-woo, of course, is extremely talented and his talent is irresistible.

— Seo Yea-ji

The game is a war, and in a war you fight. My opponent is just the director of the opponent's army.

— Daniel Naroditsky

I like a lot of international people. Julie Taymore, the American director - she's one of the most exciting directors I've seen.

— Steven Berkoff

In terms of using my degree, I started working for YP; I signed on as director of communications.

— Nicole Johnson

I am a filmmaker and I have no issues with anyone, I am a director and I am just here to tell…

— Aditya Dhar

I'm always surprised when some director says, 'When I saw this film, that changed my life.' I don't have that.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Every actor has his or her own style, so it is the duty of the director to mould it the way they…

— Priyadarshan

I love Tigmanshu Dhulia's work. He is an amazing director. He is also an actor, so we have a great understanding about…

— Kunal Kapoor

I never really saw myself as a comedy director, and I still don't. I see myself as a director.

— Melina Matsoukas

In today's jet age I think if any producer or director wants to take me in their films they can easily connect…

— Pooja Batra

If any Marvel director asked me to be in one of their movies, I would say, 'Sign me up!'

— Caleb McLaughlin

As soon as the director says action, an actor has to do the same work no matter if the screen is small…

— Jaideep Ahlawat

My obligation is to disclose companies in which I'm an officer, a director, or an investor.

— Wilbur Ross

Every director works differently but one thing's important: they must have a vision. If they don't have a vision I don't care…

— Kurt Russell

I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general.

— Joe Swanberg

This whole quest to win the 2019 World Cup, that was my job when I was director of England cricket.

— Andrew Strauss

An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to hand-draw or animate…

— Andy Serkis

I'm very instinctive when I choose my roles, and usually, the number one thing has to be the director.

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

If someone, a director, tries to tell me the way to do something, I'm not good at adapting. I need time to…

— Anne Reid

My father was a television director, and I always knew I wanted to be in the industry, but I had thought my…

— Philip Glenister

Finalising an actress is the job of the producer and director. It usually happens only after they are ready with a story.

— Dutee Chand