Directors Quotes · Page 35

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

I'm an enormous fan of Ron Howard. I mean, he's the most extraordinary director.

— Georgina Chapman

I guess I like a lot of directors. Or at least I try to.

— Jacques Rivette

If you look at my credits, most of them are the same directors over and over.

— Michael Giacchino

The director's who want to be innovative use the DVD as a tool to see what people have done in the past…

— Jerry Bruckheimer

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

— Katori Hall

'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied…

— Steven Spielberg

You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

— Amy Poehler

I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think…

— David Schwimmer

As a Japanese actor, I really want to work with a lot of actors and actresses in the world and many directors…

— Ken Watanabe

I really want to meet and work with JJ Abrams. Everyone talks about what a nice director he is, and he has…

— Ty Simpkins

I kind of have an interest in all history. And I suspect it comes from being Irish - we like stories, we…

— Colm Meaney

Jock Semple and I were at daggers drawn for five years, even though I kind of forgave him from the get-go. I…

— Kathrine Switzer

When I look around and see how aged cartoonists continue to work on their manga and how movie directors create new movies…

— Shigeru Miyamoto

Yes, there was a massive difference between their styles. David is a very technical director and Chris is an actor's director, in…

— Tinsel Korey

I've done so many movies with first-time directors, and honestly I just go with gut instinct. People that usually can tell me…

— Neal H. Moritz

I don't have a philosophy for choosing roles. Sometimes, it's just, 'This might be interesting; that might be fun to do.' There…

— Max von Sydow

I wrote 'Thelma & Louise' in 1988, and we shot it in 1990. Everyone kept saying, 'This is so groundbreaking... this is…

— Callie Khouri

The process always starts with detailed conversations with the director, followed by a spotting session (deciding where the music goes and doesn't…

— John Keltonic

I feel I should defer to the writers and the directors because they're the ones who have the complete vision. They see…

— Shoshannah Stern

I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.

— Elia Kazan

There are a lot of directors who make big money and do big things and then move out of the 'hood

— Tyrese Gibson

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

A good [film] director is talented, imaginative, and does his homework.

— Vilmos Zsigmond

There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.

— Christopher Atkins

Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.

— Liev Schreiber

You can only have one voice on set, and that has to be the director.

— J. Michael Straczynski

I've had great luck with directors. I've worked with all the great ones.

— Jerry Weintraub

No comedy should be longer than 90 minutes. There's no such thing as a good long joke.

— John Waters

Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.

— Asia Argento

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

— George A. Romero

There are so many great directors that I haven't worked with and that I would love to work with.

— Jeremy Piven

If you see, as I do, in edited film, you're going to end up as a director.

— William Monahan

As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.

— Billy Crystal

I guess you could say I'm like a film director but my movies have only one frame.

— Jeff Wall