Directors Quotes · Page 18

I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.

— Anonymous

The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.

— Willem Dafoe

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

— Harold Ramis

As an artist, program directors always want to put you in a little box.

— Angie Stone

The Actor should make you forget the existence of author and director, and even forget the actor.

— Paul Scofield

Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.

— Tom Skerritt

Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.

— Tom Skerritt

Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.

— Barry Pepper

If you have the right actors and you can give them the freedom to explore, you've done a lot of your work…

— Andy Garcia

I didn't go to acting school, so it was great to be able to rehearse for a month or two, to workshop,…

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

I'm reading Joe Eszterhas biography; it's fabulous. Every time he made a movie, he fought with the director or the producer over…

— Chris Matthews

As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place…

— David Brooks

I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an…

— Zoe Kazan

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

— Preston Sturges

My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than…

— David Lean

I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if…

— Takeshi Kitano

I mean the most important thing you can have as an actor, writer, director, or whatever you are, poet or whatever it…

— Billy Bob Thornton

Remember, this is back in the '40s, and the idea of a museum being a place where interested people could come in…

— Warren MacKenzie

[The director's idea for the film was:] A young American or English girl goes to Tuscany to visit English expatriates. She is…

— Susan Minot

My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think…

— Abigail Disney

Stepping out of the director's chair completely and into a scene as an actor was weird. It was more excitement about directing…

— Eric Balfour

'Skins' had been a brilliant breeding ground for young actors, young directors and young writers. It was a safe environment to experiment;…

— Joe Dempsie

I'm not in a position where I get to pick and choose roles. I usually go on auditions in long lines and…

— Henry Rollins

I don't think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it's so large next to me. It's not stopping.…

— Ranbir Kapoor

I have learned patience, for sure. Pre-publication is a long waiting game, especially for authors of picture books. We write the manuscript,…

— Renee Watson

Let's be clear: all professions look bad in the movies. And there's a good reason for this. Movies don't portray career paths,…

— Michael Crichton

You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy,…

— Edward Snowden

Well, the film's not only pricking the pomposity of the Church, it's pricking the pomposity, and sometimes you would think fraudulence, of…

— Billy Connolly

I don't think it is the most important thing. I think it is the fact that the director of national intelligence gave…

— Edward Snowden

Curiously enough, the only two plays that I've done very much revision on were the two adaptations - even though the shape…

— Edward Albee

I think bringing depth to characters means really needing to find out who this girl is, what is she passionate about, what…

— Amy Smart

The relationship with actor and director is probably closer to theater, in that, when we record the dialogue, there is very little…

— Glenn McQuaid

My job as the director is to make that as authentic as I can and not to disturb the revelry.

— Scott Hicks

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

— Carter Burwell

I'm not a trained actor. I surrender to my directors, and they make me act.

— Sai Pallavi

To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

— Samantha Morton

When I'm filming a kill scene [as a director], I just get happier and happier as we chop up body parts.

— Eli Roth

I have no qualms approaching directors who I know will help me grow as an actor.

— Naga Chaitanya

Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director.

— Jay Baruchel

When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.

— Michael Pitt