Directors Quotes · Page 40

I think I'm probably one of the worst directors around, but I do have an interest in my fellow man.

— John Cassavetes

I'm seen as a little risky to the industry, I think. All my favorite directors are.

— Sean Baker

Actors can become very involved in a role, but for a director or producer, that's your life for many years.

— Joseph McGinty Nichol

When we don't say 'male director,' then why call them 'female directors?'

— Jaideep Ahlawat

When I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig.

— Lake Bell

You mustn't look at a film with only one point of view.

— Jafar Panahi

Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast.

— Yvonne Strahovski

The best films are because of nobody but the director.

— Roman Polanski

I'm very proud of 'The Words' and all the cast. I think Lee Sternthal and Brian Klugman are like new directors, and…

— Nora Arnezeder

Many directors try to direct things that are only going to make the actor uncomfortable. You tend to get more out of…

— Neve Campbell

Because of 'The Birds' and 'Marnie' I was, as the expression goes, hot in Hollywood and producers and directors wanted to hire…

— Tippi Hedren

When people think of diversity, they think people of color, but it also means women, who are severely underrepresented as directors, writers…

— Eva Longoria

If you talk about big trends at Disney, these movies generally are generated by directors or directorial teams pitching ideas to John…

— John Musker

I started out with this dream of being a director and doing cinematography and bought my first film camera at 15.

— James Brolin

“The board directors see the development of strategy as a collective effort between themselves and management, rather than a question of “us…

— Pearl Zhu

How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can…

— Gary Oldman

That excites me, working with really excellent people, be it wonderful directors or actors or cinematographers and especially writers. My work life…

— Deborah Kara Unger

I think it's very easy to get caught up and think that how many hits you get in a magazine because you…

— Lisa Kudrow

So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's…

— Danny Elfman

So I'm here, and not being one for missed opportunities, I made a list of the casting directors in New York and…

— William Mapother

I miss that process of getting the script and reading it and working on it. Every actor has their own way of…

— Pauly Shore

When you're in a soap, it's fantastic, and I'm really grateful for the fans who watch you and support you. For me,…

— Emma Rigby

I would love to work with Quentin Tarantino - he's my number one. My ultimate. I would love to work with Paul…

— Kirsten Dunst

[Make a sitcom] was really the idea of Executive Producer Joe Roth who owned the property over at Revolution Studios and said…

— Ice Cube

For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban.

— Julian Fellowes

In the theatre in the U.K., women are at the very top of the tree as freelance directors.

— Phyllida Lloyd

Were I not married to the director, I'm not sure I'd know anything about the 'Underworld' sequel.

— Kate Beckinsale

I believe, as a producer/director, your duty is to create a beautiful horror film that really resonates.

— Guillermo del Toro

To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.

— Alfred Hitchcock

There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.

— Conrad Hall

Become the director, producer, choreographer of your own story

— Deepak Chopra

I really do like working very closely with a director and developing characters.

— Morgan Saylor

I have worked with top directors like Rajamouli and Vinayak and with upcoming directors like Vamsi.

— Ram Charan

I love Malcolm Lee and jumped on the opportunity to work with him as a director.

— Nicole Ari Parker

Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging.

— Tom Stoppard

It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.

— Jack Levine

I've really enjoyed my work in television, but the problem for me is the turnover of directors every week.

— Robert Carlyle

As directors, we get very stuck on the stories we want to tell.

— Anna Boden

There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors

— Francois Truffaut

If all the world's a stage and all the people players, who in bloody hell hired the director?

— Charles L. Grant