Directors Quotes · Page 27

When you work with directors who really love actors, who love their contribution, it feels amazing. But sometimes when you work with…

— Ruth Negga

For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes, you know about the…

— Ai Weiwei

After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your…

— John Ratzenberger

I want all my films to look distinctly different, like some other directors I admire. But in a way, I can't really…

— Imtiaz Ali

J.C. [Chandor] was the kind of energy we were looking for, so we decided to get behind it with all of our…

— Zachary Quinto

I feel like actors, having spent a lot of time on movie sets, tend to make decent directors, because they've been there,…

— C. Thomas Howell

What happens often is the script is written and once the director comes on board you have lots of conversations and it…

— Charlie Brooker

But the audience is right. They're always, always right. You hear directors complain that the advertising was lousy, the distribution is no…

— William Friedkin

My junior year, I was in a play at school and five days before opening night, I still didn't know my lines.…

— Katie Leclerc

I am still taking care of the creation of the collection alongside my staff, and my daughter Nathalie Rykiel, is the artistic…

— Sonia Rykiel

Every day the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] would come up with some amazing solution and [make it easy] to put yourself in…

— Daniel Radcliffe

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

— Jay Baruchel

So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that…

— Christian Bale

I don’t mind if the character is a small character, but I would just like her to have a journey in the…

— Jessica Chastain

When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It's…

— Agnes Varda

I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music,…

— Cliff Martinez

There's no such thing as an actor giving positive criticism to a director. The minute you say 'Don't you think it would…

— Peter Mullan

I never want to make a film. I don't wake up in the morning going, 'Ooh, I'd really love to be on…

— Stephen Daldry

Now at my age I understand how sad it must have been for some directors or actors at the time the talkies…

— Jean-Luc Godard

It [the scene] can be something given to you and you go, "Ah this is a good idea, I can work with…

— Ralph Fiennes

I always felt I wouldn't be able to carry off what the directors require from me. Luckily, I manage.

— Waheeda Rehman

Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.

— Aaron Eckhart

For some directors, I'm the actor from hell.

— Harrison Ford

But it can be tough for new composers as directors tend to block you out.

— M. Jayachandran

If you look at what Ben Affleck has gone on to do, as an actor and as a director, it's extraordinary. But…

— Joseph McGinty Nichol