Director Quotes · Page 27

The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a…

— Nicholas Hoult

I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So it's really down to a director or a casting director to find…

— Larry Mullen

To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie.

— Peter Sarsgaard

Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that.

— Marie Windsor

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

— Julia Leigh

Bradley Cooper was amazing as a director. Like you hope the director is nice, you hope they are cool, and he was…

— Shangela

I didn't plan to be a director until I was 35. For years I wanted to do anything but!

— Alexandra Cassavetes

If you're an actor, you have to look spiffing. But as the director, you don't need to look so glamorous.

— Phyllida Lloyd

There used to be times when I used to be bothered about box office, director, producer, the actress... If those ticks were…

— Prosenjit Chatterjee

If a movie doesn't even have financing yet, they'll do a table read for it at a casting director's office with actors,…

— Bill Hader

When I realized that nothing is perfect and no one is perfect, I was able to overcome my initial fears. I was…

— Vinessa Shaw

The Malayali audience, which appreciates a good story or experiment, is our strength. They don't ask who is the star of a…

— Dileesh Pothan

Coming off 'Sopranos' and 'Mad Men,' I was starting to feel like I was being spoiled creatively. I wanted to move forward…

— Alan Taylor

I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I've never been any good at…

— Samuel Barnett

I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play…

— Jesse Eisenberg

When 'Director's Kut' called me and asked to come for an audition, I went for it but there was no response for…

— Amita Nangia

We all have hierarchies at work - even on set, the runner would never walk up to the director and ask for…

— Laura Carmichael

As a director, I get to have a much broader creative expression than as an actress.

— Mary Stuart Masterson

About film direction, nothing is impossible. Maybe someday, you will see me donning the director's hat.

— Rituparna Sengupta

I'm extremely unhappy with the projection of 'Tum' as a hot film. It's demeaning not just to me but to the producer…

— Manisha Koirala

One of the gratuities about being a director is that you can volunteer yourself out of difficult details.

— Steven Spielberg

My main interest in being a director, and the most important thing to me, is that world with the actors.

— Matt Reeves

The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood.

— Tom Clancy

It depends who the director is you know, I mean Ken Loach for instance. I've done up to 32 takes with him.

— Robert Carlyle

For making music for myself, I just need to be happy. I'm the producer, the director, and the listener.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

I like people with conviction, who are in control of themselves. I'm not interested in working with a designer who hires a…

— Juergen Teller

A bad audition is usually the director's fault, not the actor's. It's up to the director to get the atmosphere right to…

— Marianne Elliott

Acting is just about the script and the director giving you notes. In improv, it's more about trusting that the group will…

— Matt Besser

Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, and a good director is going…

— Doug Jones

During script narrations, if I feel the screenplay mood jumping abruptly, I tell the director, and they work on it.

— Vijay Sethupathi

To me the director’s job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally.

— Steven Soderbergh

I think that's the key to being a director: to be able to get the shot and move on quickly.

— Bobby Farrelly

A director should be in a position where he is only directing. On the sets, he is only looking at the performances,…

— Rajkumar Hirani

I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

— Howard Hawks

You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.

— Clint Eastwood

So your job as a director is to constantly try to stay at the steering wheel and pull it hard left or…

— Gareth Edwards

'Wake Up Sid' was a very special script. It was director Ayan Mukherjee's first film and it was beautifully written.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

Lots of people said that I have been a comic actor for such a long time, but as a director I was…

— Satish Kaushik

I hope that in another way we can move the need to say, instead of being a Black director, or a woman…

— Kari Skogland

The relationship between an actor and a director is like a love story between a man and a woman. I'm sure sometimes…

— Gerard Depardieu