Directors Quotes · Page 61

I trust work, directors - I don't live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no…

— Olivia Wilde

Obviously, if a director doesn't communicative a clear, relevant vision of the material, it will not succeed no matter how good the…

— Tom Skerritt

There are directors who don't cast you for the way you act but for the way you are, the way you behave…

— Carol Kane

I can make fried tofu, boiled tofu, stuffed tofu. Cutlets and other fancy stuff, that's for other directors.

— Yasujiro Ozu

It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are…

— Mark Rydell

I think that too often we, film directors, think that a big epic novel and feature film are the same. It's a…

— Pirjo Honkasalo

As a 25 year director of a non-profit program I began to see the need to shift from only doing projects/programs to…

— Mark Winne

Actors, writers, directors - that triumvirate of creativity - we have to rely and trust each other to be able to get…

— Bryan Cranston

I think it's hard for women to be directors, particularly in the feature world because, biologically, your peak career-making years are also…

— Laura Ziskin

This is not a tough job. You read a script. If you like the part and the money is O.K., you do…

— Robert Mitchum

I'm actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say no all the time. 'No' is the most powerful word in our…

— Brad Pitt

I had worked for a lot of directors whose work I didn't respect, and as I was editing material, I was thinking…

— Lee Unkrich

If you're sounding right, you're probably walking right, and vice versa. If you get the footwork right - if you get even…

— Ian Mckellen

When I was creative director [at Estée Lauder], I was always being asked about my beauty must-haves. From there I had this…

— Aerin Lauder

I personally want to work with great directors and great actors. My thing is about being inspired. You want money to come,…

— Scott Cohen

Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something…

— Roger Corman

I kind of end up getting caught up in whatever the rhythm of the movie is and how open the director is…

— Michael Cera

I'm not as eager to go just work to work. I have another life outside of it, and if I'm pretty sure…

— Scott Speedman

I am always looking for what piece, what artists, what playwrights, what directors, what subject matter is going to catalyze an audience.

— Diane Paulus

When you have the cast, the sets, the lights, an opera takes on its own life. I'm not one of those directors…

— Maximilian Schell

I'm very lucky to say that I worked with a lot of directors who cannot make a bad film. Like when Wim…

— Udo Kier

I was 17, certainly by the time I was 19, I knew that show business was where I was going to end…

— Brian Henson

I think great directors really respect their actors and vice versa. That mutual respect makes the job fun instead of anything but.

— Lake Bell

Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a…

— W. Averell Harriman

I've never wanted to be a fireman, in my life. I've never really wanted to grow up and be anything other than…

— David Gordon Green

When I do go to L.A., it is usually for a reason - to meet with a director or something - but…

— Douglas Booth

The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out…

— Kid Rock

I'm not a great fan of green screen. It's not much fun for actors. It's great for directors and technical people and…

— Dominic West

I think that what a lot of people tell you, a lot of the job of the director is having an opinion…

— Etan Cohen

I've worked with a lot of first-time directors who kind of look to me for ideas and opinions and stuff, and I'm…

— Jeff Bridges

I've always wanted to work with the best directors. Directors lead you to the best material and thus the best actors.

— Shea Whigham

I think what's great about that relationship between an actor and a Director is you have to really blow away all your…

— Hilary Swank

I thank my directors who keep faith in my acting credentials and give me roles like I did in 'Uyir' and 'Dhanam.'

— Sangeetha Krish

As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite…

— Griffin Dunne

There are plenty of directors who work with the same actors over and over, many more times than I have. Like I…

— Len Wiseman

I always scout locations first. The apartments, the railway tracks, the café, the canal - I figure out the geography of the…

— Claire Denis

Everyone's a little nervous when you all get together and meet the actors, meet the director. But once you get on set,…

— Kyle Chandler

I don't have an interest in being a director-for-hire on sitcoms - but if it's a really cool show that I thought…

— Jake M. Johnson

I had a role in 'Crossroads' when I was about 21, and then I went on to perform in 'Small Change' and…

— Luke Evans

I recognize the amount of time that it takes as a director. I made the choice to stop taking roles outside of…

— Regina King