Directors Quotes · Page 22

I want an actor to try to give me what I ask in the best and most exact way possible. He mustn't…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

— Peter Jackson

Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.

— Vera Farmiga

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and then I got this call from a casting director in Los Angeles.…

— Scott Speedman

Outside their country, Hungarian directors have had, from the critics at least, a friendly reception.

— Tibor Fischer

I've been a DJ, janitor, ditch digger, waitress, computer instructor, programmer, mechanic, web developer, clerk, manager, marketing director, tour guide and dorm…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Television can become a bit of a treadmill for directors. You come in, nobody knows you, the actors are already doing what…

— Michael J. Bassett

Adrian Lyne is such an incredible director.

— Chad Lowe

Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous…

— Zhang Ziyi

James DeMonaco is one of my favorite directors I’ve ever worked with. I think he shoots really well and all that, but…

— Zach Gilford

An actor puts himself in the hands of a director. And the director's first responsibility, obviously, is to tell the story, but…

— Tobin Bell

Ultimately, a more experienced director realizes that you've got to stop sometime and just move on. They're braver about that.

— William H. Macy

Let's say [Warren Beatty] wants you to speak louder in a scene. He won't stop playing the role and say to you…

— Alden Ehrenreich

Approaching a comedy character is fun because you get to sit down with the director and ask, "What makes you laugh?" Then…

— Matthew Lewis

I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.

— Franka Potente

My first soldier role was in 'Flags of Our Fathers.' Casting director Jay Binder saw that movie and was looking for soldiers…

— Stark Sands

Over the years with movies, I've given directors notes.

— Harvey Weinstein

I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages…

— Jeff Bridges

I can't imagine being a woman in the world of acting, like where you age starts to weigh you down - you…

— Jim Jefferies

Some directors work from day to day. I work from moment to moment.

— George A. Romero

Directors should not be forced to advocate anything in their works because of their demographic identity.

— Esra Saydam

I suppose as an actor you become very sensitive to rhythm, not just rhythm as you look at it sort of from…

— Simon McBurney

In comics, the writer is also the director in a certain way. So if this were a film, you wouldn't tell the…

— Max Bemis

Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or…

— Gary Ross