Directors Quotes · Page 122

I choose my work very carefully, always for the script and the director, and I don't think that's going to change. My…

— Franka Potente

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

— Elia Kazan

There are people who just collect a bunch of footage and then edit it later. You definitely feel more protected when a…

— Matt Damon

We were doing this close-up of my character on a cell phone, and the director's just like "Cut! Can we get somebody…

— Miles Teller

So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's…

— Danny Elfman

He [Oliver Stone] is great. I really like working with directors who know what they want and aren't afraid to tell you,…

— Scott Eastwood

Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and they know that I'm somebody who…

— Carice van Houten

I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.

— Dino De Laurentiis

I'm grateful to have been acting for as long as I have because I have so many experiences and memories, and I've…

— Dakota Fanning

I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people…

— Natasha Richardson

I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to…

— Preston Sturges

For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.

— Adam Shankman

I love acting and I hope I'm fortunate enough to get good, interesting roles and I hope directors and producers will keep…

— Sophie Nelisse

I hadn't studied theatre and I hadn't studied actor training or anything, but I did have a sense of movement and composition,…

— Rob Urbinati

Directors and actors are people whose career spans are very short.

— Sunny Singh

I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing…

— William H. Macy

I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think…

— Sofia Coppola

Directors have been trying to get me to do comedy for a long time, ever since One Eight Seven.

— Clifton Collins, Jr

I think actors do make really, really wonderful directors.

— David Wenham

Now the Japanese companies are more focused on that. To have two independent directors - I think it's good to have outside…

— Jamie Dimon

The fun for me is knowing what the other person is saying and what my character would be thinking at that time.…

— Barry Nelson

Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in…

— John Frankenheimer

When your set is led by a great guy and visionary like Director Tim Miler and a true superstar talent like Reynolds…

— Kyle Cassie

I thought I'd become a funeral director when I wasn't going to be an actor. I thought I would be good at…

— Angelina Jolie

One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the 'fantasy woman' is. What we learn in movies…

— Jane Campion