Directors Quotes · Page 39

We never intended to be comedic directors; it was just something we fell into.

— Joe Russo

I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

— John Frankenheimer

There are directors, and there are authors. I think I am more of an author than a director.

— Sergio Leone

What you feel is important may not be what the director feels is important.

— Christina Ricci

I am eternally impressed and amazed by what directors do.

— Craig Mazin

Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions.

— Jeffrey Deitch

Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot.

— Christopher Eccleston

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

— Michael Mosley

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can…

— Jon Turteltaub

It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me…

— Chris Pratt

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.

— Yahoo Serious

As a director, it's my job to provoke, and when people decided 'The Room' be called a phenomenon, or whatever you call…

— Tommy Wiseau

Some directors don't get involved in the cinematography and are just about story, but I'm definitely more tactile than that in terms…

— Cary Fukunaga

I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy tickets -…

— Antonio Banderas

There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.

— Sean Penn

There's only a handful of directors who really understand what I call the alchemical balance between a man and a woman, in…

— Michelle Rodriguez

It's dangerous for one actor to advise another one, especially when you're not in charge. On the set, I'm never gonna tell…

— David Koechner

You do see a few people and you are thinking of how that chemistry is going to work, but it's not really…

— Adrian Hodges

One of my first jobs was in a soap opera, five days a week. And what I found is, although there are…

— Idris Elba

Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and they know that I'm somebody who…

— Carice van Houten

Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school.…

— David Fincher

In N.Y.C., I auditioned for mostly 'quirky friend' roles. Since casting directors in L.A. lacked a preconceived notion of me, I was…

— Becki Newton

It's very frustrating [ to work under director's control], not just because you're getting rejected constantly, but also because you're at a…

— Matt Damon

I am impatient with directors who don't know what they want, and the way you don't know what they want is because…

— Morgan Freeman

I would love to work with Cameron Crowe; he's definitely one of my favorite directors.

— Victoria Justice

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

— William H. Macy

You never know as a director what other directors do. Because you don't get to see what they do.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I've worked with a lot of great directors and often times they solicit your ideas.

— John C. Reilly

Sometimes your films don't do well, despite having a big star cast, renowned directors and producers.

— Bhumika Chawla

I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.

— ASAP Rocky

The great directors managed to dissolve and disappear into the work. They make other people look good.

— Alexander Mackendrick

Any director will tell you, no matter how big his budget, that it's always the budget and the day count.

— Michael Sucsy

The great directors, I've learned, have a great sense of rhythm.

— Alexandre Desplat

I'm not a feminist, but I just think it's a really cool process working with a woman as a director.

— Melanie Griffith

Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about being an actor's director.

— Angelina Jolie

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

— Tyler Perry

As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally.

— Roger Corman

Aditya Chopra is my mentor and one of my favorite directors.

— Shraddha Kapoor

It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

— Naomi Watts

A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself.

— Francis Ford Coppola