Directors Quotes · Page 52

I'm like a movie director, so wherever I feel that I need to go over this type of beat, that's what I'm…

— Ghostface Killah

On a movie set that works, you have your father figure, the director, you have your siblings, your other actors.

— Richard Gere

Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a…

— Norman Lear

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

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

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

I felt that if there wasn't going to be a good opportunity, then I would just go back to second units which…

— David R. Ellis

Jimmy [Dean] was the most talented and original actor I ever saw work. He was also a guerrilla artist who attacked all…

— Dennis Hopper

I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my…

— Satyajit Ray

You know, making an animated movie is such a lonesome thing. You mostly don't see your fellow actors or anything. You go…

— Julie Andrews

There's something about the alchemy of the show - the actors, the writers, the directors, the editors - that makes 'Parenthood' unique.…

— Jason Katims

A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct, & with my final nod, Utah will use most extreme power & execute…

— Anonymous

Directors don't get to see other directors at work - they're the only one on the set. I've met directors who've asked…

— Colin Firth

Producers don't like the director who ignores their opinion - but I always try not to be the nicest person when making…

— Ryuhei Kitamura

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

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

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

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

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

— Linda Hunt

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

— James Brolin

All directors have their strengths and weaknesses, as all actors have, and all artists. What you try to do is complete the…

— Stellan Skarsgard

There are a lot of directors out there who are very specific, visual craftsmen, and while I have the utmost respect for…

— Peter Dinklage

When I was very young I wanted to be a professional horseback rider. Then I wanted to be a pop singer. Then…

— Rebecca De Mornay

If I get lucky and I can choose, I would always choose a really good story and screenplay, even if I don't…

— Ayelet Zurer

Establishing what the vision is and being able to stick to it is the job, and everyone should be on the same…

— Thomas Jane

I want to get into the theater. I really wanted to be a theater director, but I turned out to be a…

— Frank Oz

I think that collaboration makes me a better director and observer and writer because I can look at things in a different…

— Saschka Unseld

I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors…

— David Prowse

Even with revivals, I dont really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director…

— Kate Baldwin

I want an actor to try to give me what I ask in the best and most exact way possible. He mustn't…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

[The director] has to, I feel, be one step back, not only from cinema, but also from politics and all these issues…

— Sergio Leone

Every time a director calls me and says, 'If you practice a lot in two months, can you be an American?' And…

— Melanie Laurent

I'm lucky that I've worked with so many different directors with very different styles and with a lot of different actors.

— Emma Watson

Tarkovsky for me is the greatest [director], the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it…

— Ingmar Bergman

I think TV is much more the writer's medium and film is about the director and their vision and how you can…

— Patrick Dempsey