Director Quotes · Page 24

A good director will always identify the actor whom he wants to work with.

— Jagapathi Babu

As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.

— Diane Paulus

Director Aji John has a style of filmmaking that will surely appeal to all.

— Meghana Raj

I wanted to reinvent myself as a director.

— Satish Kaushik

It is important to choose your director and co-stars well.

— Jacqueline Fernandez

I'd got my start as a director on the 'Roger Rabbit' shorts.

— Rob Minkoff

I became a director by accident. M.S. Raju garu asked me to direct a movie, and I said OK. It all happened…

— Prabhu Deva

I always look at auditions as not even getting the job as much as I'm just trying to connect with this casting…

— Sebastian Stan

When you get confidence from your director, as an actor, it is all a matter of how your director says, 'This is…

— Pankaj Kapur

When I choose a script I look for a good storyline, there should be good supporting star cast, director and banner as…

— Ravi Kishan

I will one day be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of The Brown Bunny.

— Roger Ebert

If I see that everything the director does is motivated by trying to achieve the best, I can accept anything.

— Jim Sarbh

If I feel insecure, then I am in the wrong profession. I have to trust my director and the material he has…

— Arjun Kapoor

I think of myself as a problem-solver. I want to go in and help the director and the writer to get the…

— Michael Emerson

When my stepmother had my sister, Katharine Hepburn dropped by to say hello. She came with George Cukor, who wasn't a star,…

— Tony Goldwyn

A director can come from anywhere, but having a story background, if you have nothing else, is probably a good thing to…

— Dan Scanlon

As a director, I'm not the one animating every frame, every shot. I'm moving around like a surgeon on rounds, or a…

— Henry Selick

When I got an offer for 'Fireflies,' I told the director that I was recovering at home in Delhi, so I couldn't…

— Arjun Mathur

I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a good story but we have the go-ahead…

— Ellen Burstyn

It's a roll of the dice when you're a first time director so I prefer to work with people that know more…

— Virginia Madsen

My first in, my first break, was I met a director and got to talking with her, and she happened to be…

— Chris Pratt

I am not against it if someone does homework or workshops, but I came to the industry without any proper training. So…

— Nani

Todd Haynes was incredible, he treated me like an adult, communicated with me, was supportive, he treated me as any director would…

— Millicent Simmonds

I wanted to have a creative director crazy enough to say, 'Sure, I'll do a collection in five days.'

— Marco Bizzarri

'Creative director' is a catchall phrase for giving ideas. To me, it obviously means more than that. It's like being a counselor.

— Virgil Abloh

As a creator on digital platforms, you are your own director, producer and writer. It is a lot of work and responsibility.

— Jonita Gandhi

I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.

— Tahar Rahim

Not every director does this, but I did: I made a list of every shot you're going to set up for every…

— Miriam Shor

I feel as if I've been fairly successful with maintaining a cohesive tone between the work I make as a photographer and…

— Aaron Ruell

I was asked if I'd audition for a part in a Broadway musical because the director just loved me.

— Amy Macdonald

When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.

— Harold E. Varmus

'The Dance Scene' is basically the most amazing dance show in the world, and it follows me as a creative director. You…

— Laurieann Gibson

When making a music video, it becomes quite difficult to find a director who can puts all your words into pictures and…

— Declan McKenna

Being the director - way fancier than 'just' being the writer. People call you 'talent.'

— Marti Noxon

I get to be in a room with other actors, but I never, or very rarely, get the chance to be in…

— Joe Mantello

I have regretted saying no' to a director who wanted to bank on my dancing skills for an amazing role in the…

— Shamna Kasim

Inarritu's own nomination for Best Director for 'Babel' was the first such honor for a Mexican director.

— Elvis Mitchell

I randomly went to a casting session in my hometown in North Carolina, and the casting director introduced me to my manager.…

— Maddie Hasson

You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.

— Albert Brooks

I was at film school when I made 'Small Debts' and I was a cinematographer, so I didn't actually study to be…

— Lynne Ramsay