I had a 90-minute one-man show. I performed it and my life just exploded. Everything - my life just changed. Every writer,… — Chazz Palminteri Copy Share Image
Directing is exhausting, but not for the actual directing part, when you say "Action!" and give creative notes. As a director, the… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors… — Donald Pleasence Copy Share Image
I've always had good relationships with directors. I'm one of those people where, if there's a good idea coming from the sound… — Patrick Wilson Copy Share Image
The joy for me of television is the sort of family feeling of being involved with an ensemble - the cast and… — Jeffrey Pierce Copy Share Image
I'm always in awe of directors because they're just holding so much stuff in the air. They've got so many decisions that… — Dominic Cooper Copy Share Image
It's an extreme to go from an artist like myself to a commercial artist with art directors looking over your shoulder, or… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
You can't rely on the approval of others. I used to always look for praise from my directors to reassure myself that… — Jacob Vargas Copy Share Image
I'm trying to avoid any more asshole roles, at least for a little bit. The main criteria for me when choosing a… — Dave Franco Copy Share Image
As a director, you're only as good as your collaborators. You surround with collaborators that are going to understand what you're trying… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
I'd done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. Why couldn't we do these… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
The biggest thing I learned is directors don't make a lot of money on a movie. — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
[Allied] got the attention of (director) Bob Zemeckis and Marion Cotillard. I'm glad I waited. If it had been made 15 years… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
When I first started acting in movies - as probably a lot of naive young actors do - I made a list… — Justin Bartha Copy Share Image
There are a lot of actors who will watch the monitors. They'll do a scene, and then the director will look back… — Ray Liotta Copy Share Image
Every decent director has only one subject, and finally only makes the same film over and over again. My subject is the… — Rainer Werner Fassbinder Copy Share Image
In the old days when I first was coming up, you would turn up on set in the morning with your coffee,… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
Bad directors will tell you they absolutely know how to do it, and how it has to happen; there's this insecurity that… — Molly Parker Copy Share Image
I discovered very soon, especially for movies, because I started in theater, that every director has his own universe. You have to… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
You stay with the foundation and then you just try different things because you don't know how the director will cut it… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
Well, the film's not only pricking the pomposity of the Church, it's pricking the pomposity, and sometimes you would think fraudulence, of… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image