Director Quotes · Page 46

'Hanna' was nice. It was Saoirse Ronan's idea. Usually, the director casts the actor, but in this case, the actor cast the…

— Joe Wright

I hired people who would help me, you know, like a director of photography who wouldn't blind me with jargon about ratios…

— Ol Parker

Censorship should never go. But we can always give a little more space to the director.

— Mani Ratnam

The good ones push their luck to the limit - like Laurence Oliver. As actor and director, he will go just as…

— William Wyler

I became a producer because of projects I wanted to pursue and develop as a director or actor.

— Sam Wanamaker

There are some moments in your life and in your career when you meet a movie and the director that suddenly just…

— Alexandre Desplat

If any director offers my role to some other actor just because he can't trace me, then I think the character was…

— Saswata Chatterjee

The director in TV and the writer and the creator are working very much hand in hand.

— Jim Rash

When I first started my acting career, I only knew what my acting teacher taught me. When a director gave me an…

— Park Hyung-sik

I'm all for art-house foreign directors - I think they make terrific films - and I'm also for the bigger budget movies.…

— Mia Goth

I've always thought Ed Burns was a profoundly underrated actor. He's a great director, obviously. A great director/writer. But I think he's…

— John C. McGinley

A casting director who'd cast me in 'Assassins' sent a video to Kevin Reynolds, the director, and Mel Gibson, whose company is…

— Kelly Rowan

I feel that I will be more of a feature director, and I will go away completely from videos. I want to…

— Chris Stokes

I bumped into Mike Epps in a barber shop. I was in the Warner Brothers studios trying to find my way for…

— Joivan Wade

I think it is best that if you are the writer you just leave the director to it. With the caveat that…

— Steven Knight

As a director, the biggest job is to discern the imperfections in emotional tone and then view it in the global picture…

— Robert Stromberg

Haseeb Hassan is a fantastic director. He really understands characters and their relationships. He always gives sound advice and direction.

— Sanam Saeed

I want to work with different kinds of people and not restrict myself to one director.

— Zayed Khan

I'm a pretty hands-off director. I let people try things, and if it gets over-jokey, then I'll try and rein it in…

— Joe Swanberg

Every director knows it is his job to be manipulative. When you make an edit, you are trying to manipulate.

— John Lee Hancock

I feel that more women should turn directors as they are more sensitive and emotional than men - that's a crucial factor…

— Divya Khosla Kumar

While shooting for 'Kaatru Veliyidai,' I was living my childhood dream of working with my favourite director. It was surreal and thrilling…

— Aditi Rao Hydari

When I did my first film, I didn't have formal training; I didn't work under any director. I really didn't know how…

— Mani Ratnam

Mainstream or budget films don't matter to me. What matters is the script, the director and the part, not necessarily in that…

— Ranvir Shorey

After seeing my performance in director T.V. Chandran's 'Aadum Koothu,' Cheran was impressed and immediately cast me in 'Maya Kannadi.'

— Navya Nair

Different actors have different rhythms. My goal as a director is to let these guys get their best work out.

— Jonathan Krisel

I hate being in my 50s, not least because there are great roles that I just know I won't get now because…

— Amanda Redman

It's important that the director and actor have good chemistry, and not just the actors.

— Alia Bhatt

Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time,…

— Alexander Hamilton

It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me.

— Leslie Caron

I worked with Roger Moore on three episodes of 'The Saint.' He is a lovely man, a good director, and was my…

— Shirley Eaton

I consider myself as a director's actor, so I'm open to work with filmmakers from across the country and even abroad.

— Aditi Rao Hydari

Farah ma'am is so technically strong. She is such a good director and one of the most fun directors.

— Nidhhi Agerwal

'Nuvvla Nenila' is an out and out love entertainer. The screenplay of the film is very good and director Nakkina Trinadha Rao…

— Varun Sandesh

I am going to do a film with Harish Shankar. He is the only director who has offered a multi-starrer to me.

— Nithiin

Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.

— Chris Hemsworth

As a director, it just makes my life fantastic to work with people like Elizabeth Hawthorne.

— David Slade

If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director.

— Maggie Smith

When you are completely satisfied with what you have made, you're pretty much done as a director. So when that happens, that'll…

— Takashi Miike

I had actually auditioned for a guest star role on 'Legends of Tomorrow,' and the show had the same casting director as…

— Madelaine Petsch