Director Quotes · Page 43

As an actor you can always blame the director or writer for negative feedback. But as a writer, you're the reason why…

— Zawe Ashton

A very quick way to annoy me as an actor is a director trying to tell me what my character's thinking.

— Lily Gladstone

A male director doesn't come to situations the same way that a female director would.

— Liz W. Garcia

I have mixed feelings over the dismissal of James Comey as FBI director. We served together at the Department of Justice and…

— Matthew Whitaker

Whereas with Sirk, everything is always filmed. No matter what the script, he's always a real director.

— Jacques Rivette

As a director, you should choose a project that will educate you and enrich your life, because you're going to be doing…

— Rob Marshall

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

If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to…

— Julianne Moore

The O.M.B. director puts together the budget. It handles every executive order. It is the clearing house for every single federal regulation.…

— Mick Mulvaney

That's what I like about musical theater, is that it's very collaborative, not just with the writers, but with the director and…

— Stephen Schwartz

You can't act for the editing. You have to leave that to him. So you just go in and do the scene…

— Dennis Farina

As a producer, I have the luxury of coming and going according to my convenience. As a director I cannot do that.…

— Saira Banu

I didn't know that I could act, but my friend told me, 'Before you do directing, maybe you should try acting. It…

— Choi Woo-shik

Whatever you do, whatever you come up with, whatever you decide on, you can go with it, and if the director or…

— IronE Singleton

My father was the marketing director of a biscuit manufacturer in Berkshire. It meant that every Friday he brought home huge bags…

— Chris Tarrant

What I love about low-budget movies is my interests and the director's interests and the actors' interests are aligned. No one makes…

— Jason Blum

I have to be strong about my own tastes because I think that's what the director's job is.

— Andre Øvredal

My career is based primarily upon finding a balance with a director and their vision, and that means sublimating my own personal…

— Robert Richardson

The director Steve McQueen has found a way to constantly include the element of surprise in his work, both as an artist…

— Elvis Mitchell

As a viewer, I liked screenwriter Park Jae-bum's writing and director Kim Hee-won's directing.

— Jeon Yeo-been

The core of a director is the person's tastes in what elements go together and how they go together. It's a puzzle.

— Andre Øvredal

'Cuban Fury' was a big production for a first time director to handle: I think it is very easy to become very…

— Kayvan Novak

I actually started as a director, but then I saw Mark Ruffalo in 'You Can Count on Me,' and I thought to…

— Reid Scott

'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

'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

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

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 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

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