Directors Quotes · Page 51

All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a test screening because I seldom laugh, and…

— Todd Solondz

If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke.…

— Anne Archer

I was rejected by casting directors during the day. I attended class in the evening, then rode 90 miles on the train home.

— Norman Fell

Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes…

— Kenneth Branagh

Our job as composers becomes easy when directors have a good knowledge of music and know exactly what they want.

— Arjun Janya

I'd worked with directors who wouldn't collaborate. Then I've also worked with directors who didn't really know what they wanted. I knew…

— Stuart Townsend

Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have…

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

And there was a very famous man called Michael Powell, who probably is the greatest director all round, except possibly a couple…

— Patrick Macnee

Very, very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you…

— John Hurt

There are directors, and I think this is true of all directors, it would be true if I was a director -…

— Ian Mckellen

It is only from the people I've had the good fortune to meet that I am learning the lessons to guide me.…

— Simon Sinek

I worked with some directors, and it was really collaborative, and I was sort of writing with them. I was giving so…

— Paddy Considine

I'm just saying to everyone. The director does not direct the trailer. It's an edited version that takes so many moments of…

— Michel Gondry

Sometimes directors may not give you words, you know? They may not talk at all! You've just got to use your radar…

— Faith Prince

We are fortunate to have such an esteemed filmmaker join the Marvel family. The talents Ryan [Coogler] showcased in his first two…

— Kevin Feige

I was very headstrong about wanting to keep my name when I moved to Los Angeles. But casting directors would call my…

— Garrett Clayton

I mean, I'm a writer, actor, AND director. Not to rock the boat or anything, but compare that to a carpenter and,…

— Zach Braff

I'm always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it's a director's medium, and if they don't want…

— Matt Damon

I look for good directors mainly because if you do enough of movies where there's not a real creative vision behind it,…

— Jack Black

I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer…

— Jason Patric

What if lawmakers never spoke to their constituents? Oddly enough, that's exactly how corporate America operates. Shareholders vote for directors, but the…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

Usually when you meet with a director, just meeting them after you've seen something you're interested in, they say, "Oh I'd love…

— Willem Dafoe

I think new directors come with new perceptions, energy, and passion to win. They don't have to worry about an already existing…

— R. Madhavan

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a…

— Robert Towne

But I am very confident that David Pleat, the director of football or whatever his title is now days - I am…

— Billy Davies

I am not here to beat anyone. I am here to make a name for myself, and I am glad to work…

— Ranbir Kapoor

I like so many different directors: Scorsese, Coppola, Cassavetes, Jarmusch, Gus van Sant, Woody Allen and the greats like Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Work hard. Don’t quit. Be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful. Also, never whine, never complain. And always, for crying out…

— Michael Keaton

You never really know what the director has got in his mind as far as the scene visually and art direction wise.

— Guy Pearce

When you can find a strong character and a director that does want to protect the integrity of all characters, female and…

— Amber Heard

Directors tend to be more underrated than overrated because it's a quiet job and people don't really understand it.

— Todd Phillips

A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors…

— Orson Welles

To me it's like, every time I'm a director, like today, you're the captain of the ship, so you better dress like…

— Mike Mills

I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.

— Ricky Jay

There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of…

— W. Somerset Maugham

I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set…

— Sarah Gadon

There are several talented Malayali actresses, but still M-Town directors choose actresses from other states.

— Shamna Kasim

So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

Of course I'm schooled in the old school method: taking what I think the director wants, then reworking it through my own…

— Shirley MacLaine

You can make five massive hits in a row and still not get cast by the directors who you want to work…

— Robert Pattinson