Directors Quotes · Page 49

Also a good director and good dialogue. That's very important because you're bringing the words to life. So it's very important for…

— Julia Garner

I don't need to work right away. I'd rather wait for something really good; to be excited about a role, or a…

— Nina Dobrev

When you are not working in TV and primarily doing film, you're working with one director for a long period of time,…

— Asia Kate Dillon

Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if…

— Michael Haneke

One thing I'm so grateful for is sidestepping the usual venture capital, private equity route. My friends who have gone that way…

— Blake Mycoskie

A lot of times the character's experience is not in accordance with the tone of the movie and it's not really my…

— Jesse Eisenberg

A lot of solo directors have a really strong creative producer with them. Jay and I have less of a need for…

— Mark Duplass

Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain in the...or have an opinion.

— Dianne Wiest

There's very few directors I think in this industry that would pitch to a studio that they wanted to do a multi-layered…

— Christopher Nolan

Of course, I was completely enthralled by the space program as a kid - particularly Apollo 11 - and was glued to…

— Ron Howard

I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that…

— Joe Mantello

In a lot of cases, you think that the art director and the production designer designed and built this amazing set, when…

— Rick Heinrichs

Interestingly, my first director's cut was an hour and forty-one minutes. Then, the studio actually wanted to add more to the story,…

— Kim Jee-woon

Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director…

— Terrence McNally

It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their…

— Michael Apted

The first thing I think about is music, and the last thing I think about is music. I'm like some Monk. I…

— Hans Zimmer

Many Mexican directors are scared to shoot in Mexico City, which is why there are many stories in Mexican cinema about little…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway.…

— Mel Smith

You have to write a good score that you feel good about. At least, you're supposed to. But, if the director hates…

— Danny Elfman

As an actor, I had noticed very vividly that very few directors know how to direct actors because they haven't done it.

— Robin Wright

For a while, I thought, maybe I should direct, until I got to New York and saw the stupidity of that idea.…

— Linda Hunt

I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck…

— James Brolin

It's quite liberating to have a director stand beside the camera and say: "Do this now, and do that now..." It's also…

— James McAvoy

I cherish each director that I have. I want to be maneuvered out of my comfort zones. I don't have the time…

— Vera Farmiga

I think I happened to work with sort of a bunch of slightly difficult male directors when I was a kid. I've…

— Gaby Hoffmann

What happens often is the script is written and once the director comes on board you have lots of conversations and it…

— Charlie Brooker

The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelows thrilling Best Director win may help turn things around.

— Lynda Obst

Every actor. every director, everybody needs an Oscar. You have to have that little statue in Hollywood or else you are nothing.

— Rita Hayworth

I like to work with directors where you feel they make the movies not for the audience, but make them for themselves.…

— Udo Kier

Every part I've done has been for one reason or another-money, or the part, or the director, or the location. I'd like…

— Joan Severance

Having an investor on your board of directors who is naive about public markets or finds them complex or scary is non-optimal.

— Bill Gurley

I'm a writer and director, and the movie I've seen a million times is 'Stardust Memories' by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen…

— Roman Coppola

It just so happened that J.C.[Chandor] was a first-time feature director, and his script was exactly the kind of thing we were…

— Zachary Quinto

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

— Thornton Wilder

(Sometimes when) someone's directing for the first time, they're afraid to include everyone - they have to prove they're the director.

— Richard Gere

Actors are accustomed to doing exactly what the director or writer requests us to do, and rarely get involved in that part…

— Catherine McCormack

I guess maybe directors see a face that seems to have been lived in. I know that my face has been lived…

— Luke Evans

I like working with a first time director. I'm more likely to work with a first time director than I am a…

— Peter Sarsgaard

I think we'd like to direct. Not so much because we'd like to be directors... we'd like to see how one of…

— Christopher Markus

I like doing commentary. As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and…

— Catherine Hardwicke