Directors Quotes · Page 48

I realized why directors are such horrible people - in a way - because you want things to be right, and people…

— George Lucas

For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of.

— Terry Southern

Id love to see more women working as directors and producers.

— Ida Lupino

Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international…

— Rodrigo Rato

I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical…

— John Frankenheimer

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and…

— Jean-Marc Vallee

On Ernst Lubitsch: He could do more with a closed door than other directors could do with an open fly.

— Billy Wilder

There's a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a…

— Baz Luhrmann

Every director works differently.

— Cate Blanchett

I think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess.

— Anthony Michael Hall

I stopped directing in 2001 for - oh, damn - four or five years, until I did the TV series 'Masters Of…

— John Carpenter

Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something…

— Roger Corman

A lot of directors keep writers away because the writers know the script better than anybody, obviously they do, and they have…

— Glenn Ficarra

When you're not gaping at Megan Fox enough to listen to what the director's saying, you can get some work done.

— Peter Jacobson

I actually love Scorsese comedies. He's an underrated comedy director. I think his comedies are some of the best comedies ever made.

— Julie Delpy

Among today's directors I'm of course impressed by Steven Spielberg and Scorsese, and Coppola, even if he seems to have ceased making…

— Ingmar Bergman

There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.

— Grant Heslov

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

— Robert Carlyle

I can't help thinking if she-the director of a government agency-is this ignorant about what funding is available and where the money…

— Matthew Lesko

People often ask me if I feel discriminated against as a black female director. I don't. I'm actually offered a ton of…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

The first thing I ask when Im offered a part is, Whos the director? which is something they never understand in Los…

— Swoosie Kurtz

Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play…

— Martin Landau

You dream as an actor's director of letting moments breathe through two-shots.

— Edward Norton

It was a really strange experience. It was very creative for Alejandro Amenábar. It was almost like it was the most I…

— Ethan Hawke

When I was the director of Central Intelligence in the early '90s, I tried to get the Air Force to partner with…

— Robert M. Gates