Directors Quotes · Page 147

I've always been slightly hesitant about generalizing movies made by men and women being different in their nature; I think movies by…

— Susanne Bier

The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily…

— Laurence Sterne

I'm not a betting woman, but I have $50 on Secretariat with an old director friend of mine.

— Shirley Booth

A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go…

— Eva Green

I'm a little older and I'm gonna do a bunch more movies and then they're gonna put me in a home for…

— Garry Marshall

[Alejandro González Iñárritu] went from Birdman to this - these are incredible ledges that he's stepping out on in making these films…

— Bun B

You've got to remember that improvisers are writers and actors and directors all simultaneously. That's what's happening in real time because you're…

— Mike Birbiglia

The challenge is not finding the attitude, but it's really just being open and willing to go for it and try different…

— Chris Pratt

I think that what's important as a director is to give your actors the feeling that they're protected, the feeling of confidence,…

— Michael Haneke

When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies.…

— Michel Hazanavicius

As an actor, it's always important to understand what the director is after. That, to me, is my job. When I'm acting,…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I'm the girl that waits for the director to say, 'I like that,' or 'Can you boost it up?,' or 'Can you…

— Jill Scott

I've got to be out doing a million things. That's how I find stories. That's how I get the relationships and get…

— Dana Brunetti

An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.

— Sidney Poitier

I had one well known director who kept saying, "Now Clint, this is what ...." And I'd say, "I know. I read…

— Clint Eastwood

When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.

— William H. Macy

A lot of TV is put together by teams, by writing staffs and several different directors. It's a great, very smart way…

— Louis C. K

Any great director is also someone who is incredibly intelligent about whom they hire around them.

— Ryan Reynolds

Many writers, especially male ones, have told us that it is the decease of the father which opens the prospect of one's…

— Christopher Hitchens

I'm very director oriented.

— John Hurt

There`s only one list that`s more illustrious than the list of directors who won the Palme d`Or. It`s the list of directors…

— Quentin Tarantino

All the actors I've worked with as a director over the years I really love and I thought they were all right…

— Billy Bob Thornton

Even with revivals, I dont really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director…

— Kate Baldwin

I started out with this dream of being a director and doing cinematography and bought my first film camera at 15.

— James Brolin

I think that certain directors are better at choosing actors that match well with each other. And I have feelings about actors…

— Kirsten Dunst