Director Quotes · Page 39

My director Shakun Batra, I believe, is one of the finest in the industry and he has been the dream director I've…

— Ananya Panday

I made my debut in 2004 as a fresh faced teenager in a small role in director Kamal's Manjupoloru Penkutty.'

— Shamna Kasim

A director's job is like parenting. You have to look after your actors like children, pay attention to each of their different…

— Kalki Koechlin

The director needs to be in command on set because everything crumbles if that's not the case.

— Kenneth Branagh

My director, Monty Marsh, is really awesome - I've been working with him for years now.

— Dawn Richard

If you create a movie that is only character driven, with a weak plot, then you - as a director, you have…

— Daniel Espinosa

I'm not going to be a coach or a director - they are not roles that I would like.

— Mauro Icardi

You need these experiences. Just know that sometimes, the director has a specific look in mind.

— Paula Abdul

I definitely have to know every detail of a script and analyse its potential before I think further because if the director…

— Sushmita Sen

It's true, I'm the youngest, highest-grossing French director. I have a few records, but no one knows or simply doesn't care. That's…

— Louis Leterrier

I'm a composer, music director, singer and performer. So it is a Bollywood rule that people don't know who has sung a…

— Ankit Tiwari

The first and primary requirement for me in a director that I'd want to work with is: do they love writing, and…

— Peter Morgan

I feel the first ten years of my career I really didn't care what the director said because I felt so arrogant.…

— James Newton Howard

'Bahubali' is not about big budgets, big visuals, or massive marketing. If a hero, producer, and director in Bollywood can have that…

— S. S. Rajamouli

I think when you're doing a musical, you have to be attuned to the director's vision. You're working with a variety of…

— Arlene Phillips

As a director, you need the Saul Zaentz type of producers. Zaentz was a guy who literally capped the storm outside of…

— Lexi Alexander

As the Director of the FBI, I am committed to ensuring that the Bureau is being transparent and responsive to legitimate congressional…

— Christopher A. Wray

Before 'Lord of the Rings,' some people would have just classed Peter Jackson as a horror director. But there is a mind…

— Christopher Lee

I feel that I would perform really well if there was no camera in front of me. But when there is one,…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I honestly feel it is important for a director to get obsessed with the characters.

— Ram Gopal Varma

There are a lot of things I can do if it's the right role with the right people and the right director.

— Jason Taylor

I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to…

— Christopher McQuarrie

I get to enter into the world the director has created: to live these different lives on top of my own life.

— Parker Posey

There's no better gift to an actor than when you walk into an audition, and the casting director is your partner.

— Annaleigh Ashford

DSP is not only a music director for many of my films, but he is also a very dear friend.

— Allu Arjun

I think there's this assumption that everybody would rather be a director, and I don't know that that's the case for me,…

— Rachel Morrison

As a director, you always want things to look good. You're always trying to make things look tidy. That's what we're all…

— Declan Lowney

I have to be someone; maybe I'm just doing it for my father. When I made a movie, it had to be…

— Farah Khan

If everyone's comfortable, you can pretty much make any kind of movie that the director wants.

— Jeff Fahey

The way that I deal with actors as a director is I just talk to them forever before we even arrive on…

— Sam Levinson

You do small movies because the script is good and because you believe in the director. You don't care about the money.…

— Stephen Rea

TV's so quick. You make a choice and you do it, and if the director thinks that's wrong then you make another…

— Mathew Horne

I'm looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director.

— Tahar Rahim

My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary…

— Daniel Radcliffe

My mom is the piano player in my dad's church - she's also the choir director - and she's just a musician…

— Marc Martel

If you're a director and you pay homage to Japan, you're definitely going to remember what you've learned from watching the Japanese…

— Alexandre Desplat

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.

— Dennis Farina

Everyone wants to be a writer, director, producer. I don't have the imagination for that, but, hopefully, I can continue to act.

— Holly Marie Combs

Andy was not a director and not a writer. He operated the camera a little bit, and he wasn't even so good…

— Paul Morrissey

Although the president has the power to remove an FBI director, the decision should not be taken lightly.

— Rod Rosenstein