[Akiro] Kurosawa, no doubt, was a big influence. Movies sometimes more than directors have influenced me: The Grapes of Wrath, by John… — Costa-Gavras Copy Share Image
So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
If the director of the department doesn't even know what the privacy policy is, we are in trouble. — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
The really important people in TV are not the directors; they're the writers. — Mary Harron Copy Share Image
Consider him in his highest incarnation: the university professor. What is his function? Simply to pass on to fresh generations of numskulls… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I think people were a little nervous to work with me to start with, because the movies I've done they thought that… — Paul W. S. Anderson Copy Share Image
Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised… — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
The best compliment I ever got from the public or producers or directors is that I just totally blend in and become… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a love scene that's really advantageous because you don't have that horrible moment of: "We don't really know what we're supposed… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I'm only wanted by directors for the image I give off, and it makes me angry. I always wanted to be an… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
“One of the common themes you will read in interview after interview is the call to keep fighting for your vision. This… — Melissa Silverstein Copy Share Image
I'm certainly not going to tell other people what they should do with their own personal lives. I think it's certainly easier… — John Waters Copy Share Image
In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think that this win [Grammy] in particular was a cool moment for me and the director [Emil Nava], because it was… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
As a director who does not like to write, I am always looking for scripts that I can contribute to through directing.… — Jen McGowan Copy Share Image
Female directors really do need to support each other. Too many times I've been led to believe that my direct competition was… — Jennifer Phang Copy Share Image
It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time.… — Blair Underwood Copy Share Image
No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others. — Tommy Lee Jones Copy Share Image
I love working with actors. I love visual things. I always intended to be a writer who directs and a director who… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would… — Vikram Rohit Shetty Copy Share Image
One of the great things about this cast is that we've been able to take actors of relatively the same age group… — Alison Pill Copy Share Image
Of course, I was completely enthralled by the space program as a kid - particularly Apollo 11 - and was glued to… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image