Director Quotes · Page 43

I'm a director, but I gotta have the hair, the makeup and the heels. My mother would be appalled if I didn't…

— Nicole Holofcener

I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

— John Frankenheimer

You see, I believe a producer's job today is as important as that of a director.

— Suniel Shetty

The last thing a director needs is an actress who feels an ownership towards a particular character.

— Romola Garai

After listening to several scripts, I zeroed in on director Hanu Raghavapudi's script and that's how 'Lie' happened.

— Nithiin

I have plans of becoming a director soon. I just finished my script. I don't know when I'll direct the film. It…

— Arvind Swami

As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try…

— Ansel Elgort

My first real job as a director was working with Robbie Baitz on his play 'Three Hotels.' It was an incredible collaboration.

— Joe Mantello

I don't know why director Priyadarshan is known for his comedy ventures, he is better in action. He's the kind of director…

— Zayed Khan

The opinion of the public is sacred. The director is a cook who merely offers different dishes to them and has no…

— Werner Herzog

Going into my second film as a director, it's night and day of what it was like going into my first film.…

— Derek Magyar

My agent suggested me to EastEnders casting director, Julia Crampsie, who I already knew. I'm delighted that Julia said, He's not old…

— Christopher Timothy

No support of one star or one director or one producer can make any individual actor a star. You have to connect…

— Katrina Kaif

There are so many cruel decisions parents have to make when their child dies. The funeral director requested a sheet for the…

— Ann Hood

It's great when improv is encouraged. It's a really fun thing. It depends on who's in the movie and how their process…

— Lily Collins

An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer. You choreograph the moves and you let the director, cinematographer take into…

— Donnie Yen

The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelow's thrilling Best Director win may help turn things around.

— Lynda Obst

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

— William H. Macy

For me it was more than passion... it was more like an obsession to become a director.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

Schepisi is the sort of director who could, would, and frequently did phone me whenever he came across a textual problem.

— Tom Stoppard

Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that director's vision.

— Christine Vachon

You never know as a director what other directors do. Because you don't get to see what they do.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.

— ASAP Rocky

If I think the role is worth it and the director is someone I hold in high regard, I have no hassles.…

— Pooja Batra

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It…

— Max von Sydow

As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change…

— Juan Antonio Bayona

Theater is very much the world I'd like to get back to, particularly in New York, both as an actor and director.

— Jason Alexander

There are still people who have an issue working with a woman director. Women can be viewed as 'difficult' even though they…

— Lucy Walker

Whatever understanding I have of filmmaking is because of my stint as an assistant director on 'Gangs of Wasseypur.'

— Vicky Kaushal

Any director will tell you, no matter how big his budget, that it's always the budget and the day count.

— Michael Sucsy

I'm getting more and more used to the fact that being a director and being a woman are two things that everyone…

— Marielle Heller

Jack Bender is a real actor's director. Because he was an actor, and because he directed theater, he really enjoys that process.

— Michael Emerson

Sometimes you can't even find the director on a movie set. Sometimes you don't want to find the director on a movie…

— Stanley Tucci

Finally, 'Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu' happened. The director had doubts if a city-bred, fair-looking boy would fit the role of a village kabbadi…

— Vishnu Vishal

I did 'Basic Instinct 2' because I had a baby about to be born, and the director said we could shoot before…

— David Thewlis

I have always believed that an actor cannot afford to have a favorite genre. He must excel in every kind of film…

— Manoj Bajpayee

I came to the cinema industry to become a director from the inspiration of Guru Dutt and Shantaram.

— Hamsalekha

As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

— Kevin Spacey

I feel comfortable with either digital or film - the director and the project should determine the course of choice.

— Robert Richardson

The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going somewhere the director is not.

— William Hurt