Director Quotes · Page 46

When I worked as an assistant director in 2007, Indraganti Mohan Krishna offered me a lead role. Now, the same director has…

— Nani

The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los…

— Swoosie Kurtz

When I gave a direction to an actor in the show, I know their whole journey better than a guest director could…

— Miriam Shor

The Red Wedding was, for myself as a director doing this, such a mammoth experience.

— David Nutter

As the director, you are the organiser who has to have all the answers. You are the person with maximum clarity.

— Farhan Akhtar

It's very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do…

— Kevin Hart

'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in.

— Jason Reitman

I come from a generation that had no monitors on the sets. You had to go with the director's conviction and be…

— Tabu

I think now I've established myself as a director, but starting out, I'd be foolish to think that every opportunity that came…

— Fred Savage

I think that for the actors, the last thing that they want is a director that's not watching, a director that goes…

— Gus Van Sant

I think trust is the most important thing. If the actors and the director and the crew trust each other and you…

— Sam Heughan

I think you've got to talk to the director, see the director's films and recognise that it's important that the work fits…

— Dennis Muren

When you're shooting a low-budget movie you're never just the director: you're also in the catering department, and hair and make-up and…

— Amber Sealey

If you look at the least effective of the 'Twilight' movies, it was when they brought in an action-movie director instead of…

— Mark Waters

I started out as an assistant to a director on two movies, Miguel Arteta. The movies I worked on were 'Chuck and…

— Ruben Fleischer

When I work as an art director, I don't ask to see sketches from illustrators or photographers. I give them a basic…

— David Carson

I had to get a job, and of course, the job was 'The Godfather.' That made me be something I didn't know…

— Francis Ford Coppola

Any director who's willing to be brave not only in terms of subject matter but also in terms of being emotional and…

— Zal Batmanglij

I think it's disrespectful to go onto a set without some clear idea of what your intentions are, because then you're hanging…

— David Milch

I can't see myself being a television director unless it's for a two-hour movie.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I always go crazy over every scene and have to discuss it with my director many times. Even Sekhar Kammula, who directed…

— Sai Pallavi

I think that what a lot of people tell you, a lot of the job of the director is having an opinion…

— Etan Cohen

As a director, I was apprehensive about the outcome of 'Kick.' As it scored well, it is my duty to get above…

— Sajid Nadiadwala

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I painted from the time I was five years old. I was going to be a painter, an actor, a director, and…

— Dennis Hopper

As an author, you hope for a director and a cast that will make something wonderful out of your book.

— Bernhard Schlink

One rule which applies to every role is that you have to surrender yourself to the director with an empty slate.

— Vicky Kaushal

I feel like I might be a designer or stylist - or a director because I have always been super interested in…

— Billie Eilish

I was 17, certainly by the time I was 19, I knew that show business was where I was going to end…

— Brian Henson

Personally, I don't claim to be a great director. My films are made for children, not intellectuals.

— Priyadarshan

Some actors merely have to appear before the camera and they are able to convey exactly what the director wants.

— Sharat Saxena

Being nominated is a great thrill, and we like to say that all four of us were nominated, which means that our…

— Bill Irwin

Ashwini Chowdhary is a very sensitive director. I could give myself 100 per cent to him.

— Neha Dhupia

To perform on stage, you have to run through your paces till you are perfect. Despite the script and director, the actor…

— Zeenat Aman

As for 'Jogger's Park,' it was refreshing to work with Anant Balani. As a director he's cool as a cucumber.

— Victor Banerjee

Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests…

— Naomi Watts

As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm…

— Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

— John Lasseter

I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.

— Gary Sinise

For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.

— Henry Rollins