--- title: "13 Director Movie Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Director Movie quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Director Movie sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/bret-easton-ellis-1028_cinema_unless-you-re-the-director-on-the-movie_2272444.jpg" --- > [Unless you're the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don't have a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/unless-you-re-the-director-on-the-movie-or-putting-up-the-money-for/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/bret-easton-ellis-1028_cinema_unless-you-re-the-director-on-the-movie_2272444.jpg) > [As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-johnson/as-i-told-the-students-every-time-i-visited-a-campus-you-are-the/) [Gary Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/gary-johnson-3710_campus_as-i-told-the-students-every-time-i-visi_11007.jpg) > [ If you are a writer/director, the \[movie\] characters are a part of yourself. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-diego-solanas/if-you-are-a-writer-director-the-movie-characters-are-a-part-of/) [Juan Diego Solanas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-diego-solanas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/juan-diego-solanas-83341_character_if-you-are-a-writer-director-the-movie-c_2497138.jpg) > [I don't want people saying, 'Should we get a female director?' I want to hear, 'Should we get a great director for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelina-jolie/i-don-t-want-people-saying-should-we-get-a-female-director-i-want-to/) [Angelina Jolie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelina-jolie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/angelina-jolie-468_cinema_i-don-t-want-people-saying-should-we-get_283929.jpg) > [Sometimes you can't even find the director on a movie set. Sometimes you don't want to find the director on a movie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-tucci/sometimes-you-can-t-even-find-the-director-on-a-movie-set-sometimes/) [Stanley Tucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-tucci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/stanley-tucci-10260_cinema_sometimes-you-can-t-even-find-the-direct_11329.jpg) > [I strongly feel, for me to act in any movie, the director of the movie should be known to me. Though this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/waheeda-rehman/i-strongly-feel-for-me-to-act-in-any-movie-the-director-of-the-movie/) [Waheeda Rehman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/waheeda-rehman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/waheeda-rehman-5725_cinema_i-strongly-feel-for-me-to-act-in-any-mov_3013971.jpg) > [I never want to impose my will on a community because even though I am the director of the movie, I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niki-caro/i-never-want-to-impose-my-will-on-a-community-because-even-though-i/) [Niki Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niki-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/niki-caro-13035_community_i-never-want-to-impose-my-will-on-a-comm_3165854.jpg) > [You have a soft spot in your heart for each movie, and you're doing certain things. You're learning as you're going, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-buck/you-have-a-soft-spot-in-your-heart-for-each-movie-and-you-re-doing/) [Chris Buck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-buck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/chris-buck-63636_certain_you-have-a-soft-spot-in-your-heart-for-e_1154245.jpg) > [I went to do Eclipse right after The Runaways, and I think the director of that movie might have said to another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-stewart/i-went-to-do-eclipse-right-after-the-runaways-and-i-think-the/) [Kristen Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/kristen-stewart-809_beats_i-went-to-do-eclipse-right-after-the-run_2627384.jpg) > ['Oppam' is more of a director's movie, especially because I play a visually-challenged hero in it. The character doesn't have a perspective,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohanlal/oppam-is-more-of-a-director-s-movie-especially-because-i-play-a/) [Mohanlal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohanlal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/mohanlal-5702_character_oppam-is-more-of-a-director-s-movie-espe_587872.jpg) > [The Dead was cool, It's a great horror story. I went to the casting director of this movie and talked to him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-mcgrory/the-dead-was-cool-it-s-a-great-horror-story-i-went-to-the-casting/) [Matthew McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-mcgrory/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/matthew-mcgrory-29656_agents_the-dead-was-cool-it-s-a-great-horror-st_1781446.jpg) > [It's not like every director in every movie is seeking me out by any means, there are a lot of things I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hawkes/it-s-not-like-every-director-in-every-movie-is-seeking-me-out-by-any/) [John Hawkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hawkes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/john-hawkes-9917_any_it-s-not-like-every-director-in-every-mo_1396473.jpg) > [Not to knock the people who've given me the opportunity; I appreciate all the opportunities I've gotten, but one of the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-odenkirk/not-to-knock-the-people-who-ve-given-me-the-opportunity-i-appreciate/) [Bob Odenkirk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-odenkirk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/bob-odenkirk-8987_appreciate_not-to-knock-the-people-who-ve-given-me_591773.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/director-movie/#itemlist", "name": "Director Movie Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Unless you're the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don't have a lot of control.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bret Easton Ellis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/unless-you-re-the-director-on-the-movie-or-putting-up-the-money-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/bret-easton-ellis-1028_cinema_unless-you-re-the-director-on-the-movie_2272444.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/bret-easton-ellis-1028_cinema_unless-you-re-the-director-on-the-movie_2272444.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/bret-easton-ellis-1028_cinema_unless-you-re-the-director-on-the-movie_2272444.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Unless you're the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don't have a lot…” — Bret Easton Ellis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gary Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-johnson/as-i-told-the-students-every-time-i-visited-a-campus-you-are-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/gary-johnson-3710_campus_as-i-told-the-students-every-time-i-visi_11007.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/gary-johnson-3710_campus_as-i-told-the-students-every-time-i-visi_11007.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/gary-johnson-3710_campus_as-i-told-the-students-every-time-i-visi_11007.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you…” — Gary Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you are a writer/director, the [movie] characters are a part of yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Juan Diego Solanas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-diego-solanas/if-you-are-a-writer-director-the-movie-characters-are-a-part-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/juan-diego-solanas-83341_character_if-you-are-a-writer-director-the-movie-c_2497138.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/juan-diego-solanas-83341_character_if-you-are-a-writer-director-the-movie-c_2497138.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/juan-diego-solanas-83341_character_if-you-are-a-writer-director-the-movie-c_2497138.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you are a writer/director, the [movie] characters are a part of yourself.” — Juan Diego Solanas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want people saying, 'Should we get a female director?' 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