Directors Quotes · Page 124

What I do as a director is really create a safe environment that everyone can feel very comfortable in and experiment within…

— Paul Feig

On the film where I didn't get along with the director, I just decided to not speak to him.

— Elizabeth Taylor

I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.

— Adam Driver

He sort of gets comic moments. Not a lot of directors do.

— Kevin McDonald

What I'm always afraid of is going "off-book,I always get upset when the director leaves the classic comic that was so very…

— Lauren Shuler Donner

Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

If you talk to any director, they'll say music is fifty percent of the movie.

— Hans Zimmer

And as a first time director I needed to work with someone that I felt comfortable with, and that I could get…

— Duncan Jones

A strong film director does leave you to your devices. A strong director allows you to be free and you trust that…

— Elizabeth Taylor

I believe I am a better director than actor. I enjoy acting if the part is right. Directing comes very naturally to…

— Jack White

I love it when the director says, 'Rebel, just do whatever you want.' I'm, like, 'Yes!

— Rebel Wilson

"You were designed to be very smart, Max," she told me. "We electrically stimulated your synaptic nerve endings while your brain was…

— James Patterson

I've been writing so much. And what happens with TV is that they split [Taboo] into two blocks, so you get a…

— Steven Knight

I find that a lot of directors are attracted to the dark side.

— Kathleen Kennedy

By the time May rolls around, I'm probably going to want to spend a month on an island. But if Steven Spielberg…

— Marg Helgenberger

More often than not, if you've got a good director and a good script you can't really go wrong.

— Douglas Booth

You can truly grieve for every officer who's been lost in the line of duty in this country, and still be troubled…

— Jon Stewart

I'm not as eager to go just work to work. I have another life outside of it, and if I'm pretty sure…

— Scott Speedman

At times, there are misunderstandings [during shooting]. Especially with green screen and not really knowing what it is that you're looking at,…

— Danny Huston

I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that away by doing one big…

— Martin Compston

I guess the story that best defines us [with Bud Yorkin] and our relationship goes back to the [Dean] Martin and [Jerry]…

— Norman Lear

I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a…

— Dermot Mulroney

I don't like the sort of hierarchical, totalitarian type of room a lot of directors can find themselves in.

— Adam Rapp

When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors.

— Anonymous

If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be willing to. But I'd…

— Carter Burwell