Directors Quotes · Page 59

The foreign-language Oscar is something that doesn't go to the producer or the director; it goes to the country.

— Deniz Gamze Erguven

So many people - DPs, writers, and the assistants that go on to be directors and writers - come from the School…

— John David Washington

I've learnt so much from every film and every director - a new perspective, a greater appreciation of the art.

— Sally Menke

All the actors I've worked with as a director over the years I really love and I thought they were all right…

— Billy Bob Thornton

As a first time director it's interesting, but not all that different from what I did before. A lot of parts of…

— Timothy Miller

There's only a few directors that can do what Emmerich does on an international scale and on an action scale.

— Channing Tatum

I was thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we can just get…

— Michael Tolkin

Yeah, the actors really come in as lumps of clay. We're ready to work with the directors and find our way. These…

— Jason Graae

The directors of such companies, however, being the managers rather of other people's money than of their own, it cannot well be…

— Adam Smith

I never want to make a film. I don't wake up in the morning going, 'Ooh, I'd really love to be on…

— Stephen Daldry

For me, the greatest kind of success that I've had on a particular project or in exploring a role does come through…

— Miles Teller

In a rehearsal room, your real resource as an actor aren't the things around you; your resources are your imagination and your…

— Stephen Lang

When you have the Chief of Staff of the Republican National Committee and the political director of the Romney campaign, and their…

— Patrick Caddell

The thing I absolutely hate is when directors don't know what they want, and then they ask you to do it this…

— Diana Rigg

When I think about directing a film, the thing that stops me short is wondering if I'm a natural at it the…

— Edward Norton

When I got the script for Thelma & Louise, when I met with the director, Ridley Scott, I said, "I don't want…

— Susan Sarandon

I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the…

— Noah Baumbach

I think the toughest thing about being an actor in a film is to be with a director who doesn't know what…

— Ricky Jay

With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.

— Taraji P. Henson

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director…

— Jane Haddam

Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during…

— John Malkovich

Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers,…

— Lynda Obst

Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for…

— Cynthia Nixon

I imagine as an axiom you could say that the better the play, the less "creativity" the director need exert.

— Edward Albee

During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

In acting, you have a writer, a director, a character - you're working through being another person - and the irony I…

— Juliette Lewis

I think they're really linked. I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I…

— Tatiana de Rosnay

Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say…

— Zubin Mehta

I've had the privilege to work with fantastic directors - Ram Gopal Varma, Mani Ratnam, Inder Kumar, to name a few.

— Vivek Oberoi

A lot of directors want to storyboard you, whereas the best way to get a performance out of an actor is a…

— Jacki Weaver

I stayed in Hamburg a few more days, and during that time I received a visit from Rolf Aldag, the sporting director…

— Patrik Sinkewitz

I spent all my time on my movies worried that people were eating and that the schedule was being kept, so to…

— Lena Dunham

I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is…

— Grant Heslov

I was too dumb to know Opie was going to grow up to be a great Director, if so, boy, I would…

— George Lindsey

I want to be working with directors who are at the top of their game. I want to be raising the bar…

— Zachary Quinto

He [Oliver Stone] is great. I really like working with directors who know what they want and aren't afraid to tell you,…

— Scott Eastwood

I'm doing my best. I read in the paper that I'm an action director. They always say that, "Action director Walter Hill",…

— Walter Hill

I never think of myself as a celebrity - or even an actor, actually. I think of myself as a writer-director.

— Ricky Gervais

I didn't have a lot of men to ask questions of when I was starting out. There were two female directors people…

— Susanna Fogel

As I continue through my acting career I tend to wish I were a little shorter and a few pounds lighter so…

— James Preston Rogers