Directors Quotes · Page 16

A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself.

— Francis Ford Coppola

It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

— Naomi Watts

I think I'm probably one of the worst directors around, but I do have an interest in my fellow man.

— John Cassavetes

I'm seen as a little risky to the industry, I think. All my favorite directors are.

— Sean Baker

Any director will tell you, no matter how big his budget, that it's always the budget and the day count.

— Michael Sucsy

I'm not a feminist, but I just think it's a really cool process working with a woman as a director.

— Melanie Griffith

The great directors, I've learned, have a great sense of rhythm.

— Alexandre Desplat

Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about being an actor's director.

— Angelina Jolie

On a film set, we're all glorified troubleshooters, really, as directors. It's not if a problem arises. It's when.

— Christine Swanson

When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: "You're useless..." But I wanted to be the best, I wanted…

— Jackie Chan

Director Oliver Stone says he's going to make a movie about Vladimir Putin. I can't believe anyone would want to work with…

— Craig Ferguson

I always felt that the telefilm directors made wonderful films, which are even better than the big screen movies, but never got…

— Arin Paul

As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how…

— Paul Feig

The great thing about women directors is that they're not only involved in the performances - they can gauge where we all…

— Billie Lourd

My husband John Thaw worked with many directors, some of whom cut their teeth working on the 'Sweeney,' 'Kavanagh QC' and 'Morse'…

— Sheila Hancock

I can't tell you how many incredible directors I long to work with, but then I look at their IMDb page, and…

— Jessica Chastain

The stories that I want to tell, especially as a director, don't necessarily have a perfect ending because, the older you get,…

— Drew Barrymore

I'm the most experienced cinematographer in this medium, so there's no point in having that extra conversation in the middle of the…

— David Douglas

Recognition has brought me more work, because your name suddenly comes to mind when some directors are trying to cast a character.…

— Viola Davis

Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people…

— John Carpenter

Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams,…

— Jim Jarmusch

To seek out making films that are unique and insightful, boundary-pushing and genre-bending, and not films that fit into the neat, little…

— Rania Attieh

I don't like working for directors that the second you're in a rehearsal they start telling you what to do - 'Don't…

— Robert Fuller

The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their…

— Laozi

You start out with big dreams and I mean, big dreams artistically. You want to work with the greatest living directors, make…

— Nicole Kidman

I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated. And there's so much…

— Jason Bateman

Certainly as actors, and maybe as directors, you've got to hang on to something childlike. You've got to know what play is.…

— Alan Rickman

With 28 million children eating lunch at school every day in the United States, I believe government has an obligation to ensure…

— Rosa DeLauro

It's probably fair to say I have taken myself too seriously on some jobs. I'm sure I'm more guilty of being difficult…

— Val Kilmer

American commercial cinema has long been dominated by men, but I don’t think there has ever been another time when women have…

— Manohla Dargis

The emotional, physical and aesthetic value of a sound is linked not only to the causal explanation we attribute to it but…

— Michel Chion

The thing that I think a director has to have in order to make a movie really work, and to certainly make…

— George Nolfi

I would love to work with Cameron Crowe; he's definitely one of my favorite directors.

— Victoria Justice

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

— William H. Macy

You never know as a director what other directors do. Because you don't get to see what they do.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I've worked with a lot of great directors and often times they solicit your ideas.

— John C. Reilly

Sometimes your films don't do well, despite having a big star cast, renowned directors and producers.

— Bhumika Chawla

I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.

— ASAP Rocky

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

— Alexander Mackendrick

I am eternally impressed and amazed by what directors do.

— Craig Mazin