Directors Quotes · Page 6

All actors are muses for their directors.

— Waheeda Rehman

Directors are never in short supply of girlfriends.

— Bob Fosse

I know I don't go looking for directors.

— Ciaran Hinds

Every casting director I've met is a woman.

— Cameron Diaz

I depend on good editors and a good director.

— Indira Varma

I prefer to work with first-time directors.

— Anonymous

Most of my friends are assistant directors.

— Vijay Sethupathi

I've worked with the best directors and co-stars.

— Dharmendra

A lot of directors understand everything but the story.

— Adrian Pasdar

I deal with guys in their 20s and early 30s who are presidents of companies, who are movie directors.

— Peter Criss

When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.

— Aaron Sorkin

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

— Helen McCrory

With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them.

— Ken Adam

Acting doesn't exist in a vacuum. You need the director to have a set of eyes.

— Miles Teller

As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes.

— Marjane Satrapi

I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

— Jonah Hill

It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the…

— Natalie Dormer

To be honest, more than what I prepare, it's the directors who do the bulk of the work, researching, collecting data and…

— Dhanush

I think one of the reasons movies are the quintessential modern art form is that it is partially a business. The director…

— Roger Corman

I didn't want to be a director for hire. It really just took me a long time to learn how to direct…

— Judd Apatow

As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try…

— Ansel Elgort

It's great to have a good relationship with the directors and learn about things you do with cameras, and how you direct.

— Gaten Matarazzo

I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the…

— Ben Folds

Every single time when you act in a film, and there's a different director, which of course as actors we're used to…

— Famke Janssen

Producers generally don't like me; directors do, generally. Convincing the producers is hard. They can't see the commercial value behind such a…

— Amanda Plummer

Do you know what directors go through? It's just hell. Like, why do I work so hard - to think I'm only…

— Michael Bay

There's more emphasis on art and culture in Europe than there is in the United States and I think that a lot…

— Wes Craven

In some ways, many of the skills you have as a producer on independent films also apply to making big tentpole films:…

— David Heyman

I've figured out what to do so far, but it's always the next thing you come to where the man with the…

— Judi Dench

I've worked with many directors, good ones and bad ones. So if I have a chance to work the good ones, I…

— Thomas Kretschmann

If the director wishes to print it, then you have a series of choices, maybe millions of choices within that minute-and-a-half, or…

— Ben Kingsley

I don't care if you hate me or if you like me, as long as somebody gives me a character that is…

— Salma Hayek

It was fantastic to be able to have my kids on set. Dash, my eldest son, who’s not quite five, was into…

— Cate Blanchett

[The Head of Radio Three] had been ensnared by the Music Director of the college and a Professor of Philosophy. These two…

— Douglas Adams

I believe that our world needs an instrument of global action as never before in history. I believe that the United Nations…

— Kofi Annan

I also really loved the friendship between these two women, and watching these two very different women working in this gritty male…

— Sasha Alexander

I love Leonardo DiCaprio. He just makes really great films with great directors. He has great relationships with directors but also has…

— Douglas Booth

Those first memories of my modeling career are not my favorite. At the beginning, it was tough. I was very lucky, my…

— Bianca Balti

We are interested in stifling the sale of this book. We believe that this can be best accomplished by refusing to be…

— Madison Grant

Choosing a director is like choosing a therapist - you want somebody who is going to be a step or two ahead…

— Donald Margulies