Directors Quotes · Page 111

A director once said, when I was complaining about something or other, "I agree, it is terrible. The worst thing you can…

— Jeff Raz

I view the director as my boss. I'm the pawn on the chess board. I don't say something to the director easily,…

— Jennifer Lawrence

Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video…

— Gordon Willis

I'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were…

— Cameron Mackintosh

To be a film director is not a democracy, it's really a tyranny. You're the head of the project, for better rather…

— Woody Allen

Composition is what's similar between being photographer and director. As a photographer, you're sort of doing everything - you're directing the lights…

— Russell James

I’ve had unsatisfying experiences, but mostly it’s about communication, which is why I make an effort to talk to the director beforehand…

— Martin Starr

I was very headstrong about wanting to keep my name when I moved to Los Angeles. But casting directors would call my…

— Garrett Clayton

It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me…

— Chris Pratt

That is the great pleasure of working with great directors. You get to look at the world through many different prisms. I…

— Isabella Rossellini

I am not funny. The writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situations were funny… What I am is brave. I…

— Lucille Ball

The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything.

— Ewan McGregor

I'd been working so hard making the film that I hadn't even emotionally processed the fact that I was a director.

— William Monahan

People have forgotten how to tell a story.

— Steven Spielberg

Being the director is really something. It's a statement of something and you have to stand up for that. Okay, this is…

— Mathieu Demy

I was going to say we saw Secretary [Hillary] Clinton reported that she believes that she would've won the election but for…

— George Stephanopoulos

I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy…

— Barack Obama

Remember the great film with Bette Davis, All About Eve? There's a scene after the scheming Eve steals Margo's role through trickery…

— Martha Grimes

The thing I love about acting is that it's got nothing to do with me; it's about bringing forth a director's vision.…

— Lenny Kravitz

My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.

— Diane Paulus

All I wanted to do was be a professional film director with a body of work, and you're going to make some…

— Michael Caton-Jones

You can't reinvent the wheel. I remember when we first started out at 'Late Night,' we were trying to hire directors, and…

— Jimmy Fallon

The great directors managed to dissolve and disappear into the work. They make other people look good.

— Alexander Mackendrick

[ Oval House] director, Peter Oliver, gave you the right to fail. He had a philosophy that came from Winston Churchill that…

— John Ratzenberger

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

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura