After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of… — Jordi Molla Copy Share Image
I'm on a crusade to get movie directors to get their science right because, more often than they believe, the science is… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I feel like this is the way I was meant to interact with acting. Which is as a director, and helping, working… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
The film [Dream of Life] is the way it is because it was the rhythm of my life, and also because the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor. — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
My taste in the films I've taken as an actor is similar to what I'd do a director or writer: all quite… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that I'm really relevant as a director anymore. Or as a writer, either, to tell you the truth. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. Ive never actually watched another director… — Alan Parker Copy Share Image
Your job, as an actor, is never to just do what you're told. That's boring, and life is too short. It's your… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
A lot of times, actors and directors don't want to repeat something. I don't think we're repeating something, but I think there's… — Skylar Astin Copy Share Image
I'm quite good friends with the putative director, Vincenzo Natali, and I'm a big fan of his work, but beyond that, I… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I don't ever like to feel myself in the position to demand of an actor that they trust I'm going to do… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
Bill [Condon] is such a great actor's director. He cares about what you're thinking. And, he's very open. Even though he was… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
With acting I am being led by the script, other actors, the director, etc. But with songwriting I feel it is much… — Helen Slater Copy Share Image
My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
Your agents and your managers will always say stuff to you like, "It's really important to make a good first impression on… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
Why would people have confidence in a female director when there are so few? — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director. Part of the freedom in directing,… — Patrice Leconte Copy Share Image
I always wanted to direct. Directing is a lot more of a commitment though, a lot more time. I like directors who… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
A film just doesn't involve actors, a director and a producer, there is also the cameraman, the sound engineer, the music composer,… — Aamir Khan Copy Share Image
When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: "You're useless..." But I wanted to be the best, I wanted… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
Sometimes directors get hired into TV shows, and it's so formulaic and they're a slave to whatever everybody wants them to do.… — Kyra Zagorsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I make a movie, my main goal is to show the movie to one particular director.It's not about competing. It's… — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image