Director Quotes · Page 41

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

I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that,…

— Melanie Laurent

This is the problem I have: I write a play and I give it to a director and they say, 'I'll do…

— John Kani

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and…

— Jean-Marc Vallee

So many times, when I would do a lot of retakes, I used to say sorry to my director and co-actors.

— Nidhhi Agerwal

When I first made 'Green Street' and I was considered a hot director, I pitched everybody, but there was always this feeling…

— Lexi Alexander

Getting the right script that will work at the BO and relate to the audience is what matters. You also need a…

— Radhika Pandit

I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had…

— Tim Burton

Complex man that he was, J. Edgar Hoover left nothing to chance. The director shrewdly recognized that building what became known as…

— Ronald Kessler

I am open to playback singing, but only if my acting schedule permits. I would love to sing for myself in my…

— Shruti Haasan

Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people…

— John Carpenter

I had never really acted before, so I really didn't know what I was doing. The casting director for 'Euphoria' set me…

— Hunter Schafer

I'd wanted to be a director since I was five and had been making videos since I was a kid. Then YouTube…

— Shane Dawson

Lata Mangeshkar is an old friend. I knew her through my father Aparesh Lahiri who was a music director in Calcutta.

— Bappi Lahiri

It's just always wonderful to have a director who encourages you so much to focus on the present.

— Charlie Plummer

To say you want to be a director is to risk sounding obnoxious, pretentious, arrogant, and I think women are more fearful…

— Nicole Holofcener

I want to work with as many directors as possible because with each director, you learn something new.

— Kalki Koechlin

Besides being one of the most ambitious projects I have worked on, 'Mercury' has also helped me enhance my skills as a…

— Karthik Subbaraj

There are plenty of writers who are going to become a director after their next job, but no one will believe you're…

— Brian Helgeland

They have accepted me as a big debut Bollywood director. So, I should write something brilliant.

— Sajid Nadiadwala

It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust.

— Ewan McGregor

Theatre is really difficult, so it's important that you have a director that kind of understands that and is really hands on.

— Jimmi Simpson

As an actress, you're part of what the director is creating, and as a model, you're representing a designer's vision.

— Lou Doillon

I'm a pretty busy director and it's pretty hard for me to have three months where I could just leave the country…

— Marielle Heller

I'm a writer and director. And the movie I've seen a million times is 'Coming Home,' directed by Hal Ashby and starring…

— Jonathan Levine

Rohit Shetty is amazing as a director. He can make even a black African look pretty.

— Rimi Sen

I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.

— Laurie Metcalf

I have hardly ever worked with the same director twice. But when you have worked with a director before, you understand his…

— Michael Douglas

In order to be a good director, you also need to be a good entrepreneur because the director is in charge of…

— Atul Kulkarni

In 'Winter's Bone,' it's literally the director and the camera operator. That's it. Just a super-small Kubrick crew. You know what I…

— Bill Hader

A British director directed 'American Beauty,' an important film about American life, and it didn't matter. What only mattered was everyone's sensibility.

— Kevin Spacey

I think I understand the line between my job and the director's. I have no interest in directing. Not my movie, not…

— Melissa Leo

I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.

— Andy Serkis

I grew up with a mom as a director and still didn't believe it could happen for me, because it was so…

— Molly Gordon

I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.

— R. Kelly

Most people enter my business thinking of being on-air or a director. I started because I wanted to start a family.

— Doris Burke

When I was in college, I studied business because I thought I wanted to be a director and producer.

— Manish Dayal