Directors Quotes · Page 119

What the computer can do in art and design has turned aesthetics on its head... with the computer, things are not so…

— Nicholas von Hoffman

It's great working with directors and with somebody else's vision.

— James Iha

I guess I always knew going into the movie that casting that part would be difficult. Oliver just felt likeable. I felt…

— Nicole Holofcener

I have always firmly believed that every director should be judged solely by their work, and not by their work based on…

— Kathryn Bigelow

The criteria [to take or refuse the role] is that I would love to have some kind of dialogue or communication with…

— Mads Mikkelsen

When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors…

— Albert Brooks

OSS 117 and maybe Un Balcon Sur La Mer directed by Nicole Garcia. It's a typical French movie with typical French themes…

— Jean Dujardin

I'm very excited about is that my son Scott is a director and he just finished his first picture. It's called "Lucky…

— Garry Marshall

I love working with the same actors repeatedly. That happens a lot. It's kind of inevitable, especially if you work with the…

— Peter Dinklage

In the movies, you want a good story and characters that are honest, but you are also looking for a good director…

— Ashton Kutcher

I mean, I'm willing to do anything with Chris Chulack - he's one of my favorite directors I've ever worked with, and…

— C. Thomas Howell

When I see a short schedule, my question to the director is, are you really comfortable with this, or are you doing…

— Guillermo del Toro

I certainly like the actor to have as much lee-way as possible. In the same way that director Bong was generous enough…

— Kelly Masterson

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical…

— James Dean

You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional…

— Darren Aronofsky

To me the director’s job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally.

— Steven Soderbergh

It is universally agreed that Jean Renoir was one of the greatest of all directors, and he was also one of the…

— Roger Ebert

When I'm acting, I'm in the director's hands. I'm very happy to be. I like to be focused on what I'm doing.

— Kenneth Branagh

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal…

— Sylvester Stallone

It all depends on the directors. Working closely with a director is the main job of a film composer. Interpreting what he…

— Danny Elfman

I would be a terrible director, I could never write anything. One of my great strengths is that I know all of…

— Topher Grace

I think it's hard for women to be directors, particularly in the feature world because, biologically, your peak career-making years are also…

— Laura Ziskin

If you are a writer/director, the [movie] characters are a part of yourself.

— Juan Diego Solanas

I do whatever the directors and writers ask me to do.

— Brahmanandam

I am not here to beat anyone. I am here to make a name for myself, and I am glad to work…

— Ranbir Kapoor