Director Quotes · Page 35

Peter Jackson is a wonderful man. He's a great director. He's found his niche in life.

— Luke Evans

Every Story is different, Every Movie is different, Every Director is different.

— Marion Cotillard

The reason why I decided to appear in 'Vincenzo' was because of my love and trust for director Kim Hee-won and writer…

— Kwak Dong-yeon

'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied…

— Steven Spielberg

I work for the director, and if audience are happy, I have gotten my award. After that, I have to move on.

— Manoj Bajpayee

Sometimes if you're a director, you want to believe that you're great and capable at all aspects - the technical side, the…

— Steven Knight

There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a…

— Martin Scorsese

I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person…

— Marion Cotillard

When a director narrates a character, I find it normal to ask questions about the character's background, mood swings, eccentricities, behaviour... I…

— Radha Ravi

With a crisis as complex as coronavirus, multiple government agencies and departments are involved in responding. There needs to be one qualified…

— Jaime Harrison

I won the Oscar for 'Raging Bull' for those fight sequences. If you look at those fight sequences, those were so incredibly…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be…

— Melissa Rosenberg

With 'That Awkward Moment', you could argue I'm just playing the girlfriend of Zac Efron, but the director was such a creative…

— Imogen Poots

When we were shooting for 'Jatt & Juliet 2,' the director, Anurag Singh did not tell us that this was going to…

— Diljit Dosanjh

I spent almost eight years working for the Obama administration, in the White House as the deputy press secretary, deputy communications director,…

— Jen Psaki

If the director has a story, he will go directly to the hero. If I have a big hero in hand today,…

— P. Vasu

I'd like to be a director who gives my actors complete freedom while collaborating with them to find performances.

— Tom Holland

I really think that Steven Caple, Jr. is going to be a great addition to the 'Rocky' director pantheon.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

As I look back on my first year as Director, I am more in awe of the men and women at CIA…

— Gina Haspel

I didn't want to have people open doors for me. My dad never made a call on my behalf to anyone -…

— Lily Collins

A leadership culture is one where everyone thinks like an owner, a CEO or a managing director. It's one where everyone is…

— Anonymous

My father was an important person, the director of the school. He could talk to anybody - simple or educated. He liked…

— Svetlana Alexievich

I don't know whether I am able to come to terms with the fact that I am a director now as all…

— Anoop Menon

You know, what is so curious about being a director is that you never get on anybody else's set and see how…

— Niki Caro

I pick a film on the basis of the role and the director. I do whatever I believe in.

— Shefali Shah

Maybe because I am an actor-casting director, I always felt that we need good actors in the industry and we need to…

— Abhishek Banerjee

If films could run because of performances, everybody's films would do well. It is the director who makes the film.

— Sharmila Tagore

Yes, they allowed us to play around a lot because, like we said, the director's such a good comedy director.

— Kevin McDonald

Very often, it's the director that I'm attracted to. If it's a really good director, I don't even have to read the…

— Stellan Skarsgard

I have no idea what makes a director believe in me that I can sell these kind of roles.

— Izabella Scorupco

My starting point is always to read a script and have a conversation with the director about what their vision is, and…

— Ludwig Goransson

They say that theater is the actor's medium, television is the writer's medium and film is the director's medium, and it's really…

— Charlie Hunnam

My first film that I got right after 'Spring Awakening' was called 'Taking Woodstock,' and Ang Lee was the director.

— Jonathan Groff

The man who raised me is black. Culturally, he made me who I am. He was a theatre director, so he also…

— Vin Diesel

I loved working with Stephen Frears. He's a really fantastic director. He knows what he wants and how to get it.

— Anjelica Huston

I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people.

— Zoe Wanamaker

That is always really fun when you get to work with a director you understand and uses references you can identify with.

— Travis Beacham

From the composition side of a musician, we have to cater to what the director wants, what the subject demands.

— Devi Sri Prasad

I'm not the type of person who can be a director for hire, I have to find my own way into it.

— Marielle Heller

When I was approached to remake 'Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya,' I felt that it was a good way to reach out to a wider…

— Gautham Menon