Directors Quotes · Page 30

Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's…

— Jane Campion

It was not my class of people. There was not a producer, a press agent, a director, an actor.

— Zsa Zsa Gabor

There are some serious limitations in Mo Yan's situation as a writer in China today - just as there are for Jia…

— Pankaj Mishra

I don't like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this.

— Joe Pantoliano

I absolutely loved it, and I loved the way the character of D'Artagnan had been portrayed. I was just well up for…

— Luke Pasqualino

I've reached a point in England where you can't go much further; I would love to come to America and work with…

— Lesley Manville

It's an embarrassment of riches because you have directors who don't better. You end up with so much stuff going on the…

— John Dykstra

I depend on good editors and a good director.

— Indira Varma

I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine.

— Bong Joon-ho

I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30 had a big impact because I…

— Bill Simmons

I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

— Harry Hamlin

Women think in [Douglas] Sirk’s films. Something which has never struck me with other directors. None of them. Usually women are always…

— Rainer Werner Fassbinder

I've come to the possible conclusion that being a comedic writer/director is like running track. You do it for a certain amount…

— David Wain

When you're in sync with the director, on the type of movie you want to make, the arc of the characters, how…

— Dwayne Johnson

I learned that as a director, you're around all these talented people, so you have this window that all these really good…

— Ben Affleck

When you're a music director, you have people constantly sending you music and trying to get - I mean, I'm sure you…

— Chris Baio

A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at…

— James Franco

Here, we have female directors and producers; in fact, one whole channel is run by a woman. Pakistani TV is progressive, and…

— Umera Ahmad

I am a professional and maintain good rapport with all my producers, directors and co-artists.

— Sanjeeda Sheikh

I was too dumb to know Opie was going to grow up to be a great Director, if so, boy, I would…

— George Lindsey

You have to be submitted for the Pulitzer, and unbeknownst to us, a choral director whom I know had submitted us.

— Stephen Sondheim

I've worked with the best directors and co-stars.

— Dharmendra

I'd never really done comedy before 'Community,' so getting to work day in and day out with all these great people, directors,…

— Gillian Jacobs

I should mention that I am a member of the board of directors of Dimensional Fund Advisors.

— Merton Miller

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

— Michael Pitt