Directors Quotes · Page 23

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure.

— Nicholas Meyer

If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all.

— Gus Van Sant

'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer.

— George Clooney

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

— Antoine Fuqua

As far as American directors, Terrence Malick is probably my very favorite.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I always want to challenge myself as a writer. I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

— Lena Waithe

Why would people have confidence in a female director when there are so few?

— Jennifer Lawrence

A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.

— Natasha Richardson

Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come until the…

— D. W. Griffith

In my experience as a director, I think there is obviously something of the way men - maybe that's a common point…

— Abbas Kiarostami

It's depend of the communication, I think it's very important to let the director make his own vision of the character, not…

— Xavier Gens

I joke around sometimes and say that the DP [director of photography] is like a shrink for the director, but there's some…

— Reed Morano

It's an extreme to go from an artist like myself to a commercial artist with art directors looking over your shoulder, or…

— Raymond Pettibon

I wanted to work on a cable show and with a writer/director because that's a much more fulfilling and freeing experience, as…

— Tom Ellis

The hardest thing, as a director, is that it's never right. Nothing you do is ever right. It's never exactly how you…

— David Ayer

I don't think many actors are the best judge of careers. I think generally we have good instincts about what we can…

— Hugh Jackman

In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role... if you are able to do a credible performance and…

— Timothy Hutton

Investors want to know how exposed a business is to climate change. The physical risks to Tesco are clear, but could be…

— Terry Leahy

There are people who expect me to look the way I do on-screen, where I have a great director of photography and…

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

I was lying in bed on a Saturday morning, reading the paper, when my phone went. The caller was Rangers director, Jack…

— Alex Ferguson

I'd seen Elijah [Wood], when I was a little boy, in The Good Son. And then, I was a huge fan of…

— Samuel Barnett

I ain't the first on the list that people are sending scripts to. I'm very lucky. I've managed to put myself in…

— Christian Bale

Many other directors, they have lots of scripts and they never rehearse as much, and you never really have time to be…

— Anna Karina

As a kid I was always writing and directing plays in my basement with my neighborhood cronies. But please don't get me…

— Coley Sohn

When I get hired as an actor as opposed to a writer, one of things that's exciting for me is doing stuff…

— Stephen Merchant

Screenwriting involves an often un-personal process. Co-writers, directors, producers, everyone has a say in what you put on a page, and stories…

— Chiara Barzini

The actor's physical type isn't and shouldn't be the main consideration. Does the actor look the part? It is the simplest question…

— Harold Clurman

It might sound crazy, but filming in a conflict zone, in Afghanistan, and being a female filmmaker was the easy part. I…

— Pietra Brettkelly

Before writing a single note of music, and even before the spotting session, I find it best to sit down with the…

— John Keltonic

Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for the…

— Martin Scorsese

I don't recall a show I've ever been on that had the same director do two episodes in a row, but in…

— Glen Morgan

Sometimes you think, "Oh man, this is going to be a fantastic movie," and then when you see it put together, you're…

— Anna Faris

We fell in love with movies through directors. Very early on we knew that was what we wanted to do.

— Matt Duffer

[YSL creative director] Hedi [Slimane] is a music-obsessed guy. I might've originally met him through Sky.

— Zachary Cole Smith

There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth.

— Jason Mewes

I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

— Steve Buscemi

It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.

— Arthur Cohn

Louis Malle is maybe one of my favorite directors, but I love Tarantino.

— Richard Ayoade

As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.

— Guillermo del Toro

All of the directors I've worked with I've gotten along with very well.

— Trevor Rabin