Director Quotes · Page 44

But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you…

— Sophie Marceau

I liked 'Robocop' because of the director, and it was an intelligent, big-action studio movie.

— Michael Keaton

I had a fantastic time working on 'Twilight.' I loved our director Bill Condon. He was an absolute pleasure to work with.

— Lee Pace

Compared to my previous films, 'Kaasi' is special. All credit goes to the director.

— Vijay Antony

I once literally had a casting director ask my agent, 'Can she play anything other than a drunk?'

— Carla Gallo

Tali Shalom-Ezer directed 'Princess,' which was not only the first female director that I worked with, it's also the first project I…

— Shira Haas

When it comes to 'Ala Modalaindi,' I was impressed with the storyline narrated by Nandini, the director of the film.

— Nani

I appeared in several of Dad's films - at the time, I didn't really appreciate how great a director he was.

— Charley Boorman

Pinchas Perry, the director of 'The Chicago 8,' offered me the role of the judge, and he did not know that, 35…

— Philip Baker Hall

It doesn't really matter what someone's hair looks like or if the sound is perfect. Every director who's made a couple of…

— Zal Batmanglij

With the work that I do as a director, I've got dialogue, camera movement, and character blocking to help create a tone…

— Aaron Ruell

I've always found it strange that a director can hire any designer he wants from any country. But if he hires a…

— Kevin Spacey

British theatre is marginally better at casting the actor the director wants regardless of colour, but TV has always, falsely I believe,…

— Paterson Joseph

'Mariah' was the first series-regular role for me, and that really came about because of 'Secret Honor.' That really was a direct…

— Philip Baker Hall

I was an apprentice at the San Francisco Ballet, and a casting director came to one of our rehearsals to scout talent…

— Amanda Schull

I stopped directing in 2001 for - oh, damn - four or five years, until I did the TV series 'Masters Of…

— John Carpenter

As a director you want to show the truth of people and sometimes that's unflattering, or it's not something that people want…

— Julian Jarrold

Acting is a great life and all that, but it's the director who is really in control.

— Jackie Coogan

I always like being a director in terms of giving acting notes and punching up on the fly.

— Matt Besser

What I really plan to do is take the best scripts I get and consider them seriously. I can actually work as…

— Bill Duke

If my favourite director gives me a role that is very sparkly? A very brilliant character? I'll do it.

— Bae Doona

I look for subjects which are very personal for the director and luckily I have found that. I look for master directors.

— Harshvardhan Kapoor

Filmmaking has always involved pairs: a director coupled with a producer, a director alongside an editor... The notion of couples is not…

— Luc Dardenne

I'm not really a full-time director, I just like to direct the things that I write because I think I'm going to…

— Billy Bob Thornton

In fact, I only had a cameo role in 'QH,' but the writer and director sensed my talent and in Season 2…

— Amrapali Gupta

The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm…

— Christian Bale

I can't imagine a situation where, as FBI director, I would be giving a press conference on an uncharged individual, much less…

— Christopher A. Wray

You know as a director what you want, but the film is smarter than you, the film says no, the film says…

— John Cassavetes

I think comedy is very easy. Its all in the writing. If the writing is good and you have good director it…

— Chunky Pandey

You always have to figure out what the director is good at before you work with them; then you can fill in…

— Stellan Skarsgard

I sometimes tell a director that I want to work with him. I tell him twice. After that if he still doesn't…

— Javed Jaffrey

A director like Ram Gopal Varma brings out a different dimension in your performance.

— Vivek Oberoi

During 'Buniyaad' we were young students and were lucky to have a director like Mr. Sippy. He taught us like parents teach…

— Alok Nath

The natural gas industry has worked long and hard to smear Josh Fox, the director of 'Gasland,' and has failed.

— Jeff Goodell

Despite a good subject if the director is not up to the mark, the execution can go wrong.

— Tamannaah

I knew I wanted to be involved with theater or film in any way I could, either as a writer or director…

— Greta Gerwig

I will do a dance number only if I'm convinced about how the director would present me. I'd do something only if…

— Koena Mitra

When I was the director of public prosecutions between 2008 and 2013, I had staff working at the Eurojust HQ in The Hague 24/7.

— Keir Starmer

Gastronomy is my hobby. I'm simply the casting director. Once I've brought all the right people together, it is they who must…

— Alain Ducasse

I didn't know you had to do so much to be a director. I thought, 'I can do it. I can write…

— Shavo Odadjian