I'm not a real film buff. Unfortunately, I don't have time. I just don't go. And I become very nervous when I… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Sometimes people come in as a director, and they just want the result, and they barely want that to tell you the… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I've gotten to work with some wonderful directors and people who have been great teachers to me. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
But a lot of that kind of work is done pre-flight, coordinating efforts with the flight directors and the ground teams, and… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
It's a roll of the dice when you're a first time director so I prefer to work with people that know more… — Virginia Madsen Copy Share Image
Michael Brown, the director of FEMA, was nominated by President Bush in 2003 and plans to start the job any day now.… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
John Huston was the kind of director that totally left you alone. Not every actor always does it right, every time, but… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women. — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
Never give up. I do believe it is harder for female directors. I have been lucky to receive support from the Sundance… — Sophie Barthes Copy Share Image
After I began to make some money, my brain-damaged accountant put me in one business after another that went bad. The only… — Sean Connery Copy Share Image
I don't know a single collector or museum director who says: 'Oh, he's on a list, so I think I'll buy something… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
The Vietnamese Hoa were merchants and manufacturers. They were very successful and thus, according to the logic of Marxism, responsible for society's… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'm probably one of the worst actors as far as preparation goes, because I actually don't prepare. I find it easier to… — Jaimie Alexander Copy Share Image
I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
As a writer, you have to be willing to kill your darlings, and I'm a writer first. As a director, I've got… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
If a director takes the time to document - to step back to observe - I think it I more honest. Because… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Thelma & Louise' in 1988, and we shot it in 1990. Everyone kept saying, 'This is so groundbreaking... this is… — Callie Khouri Copy Share Image
Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm… — John Landis Copy Share Image
As a director, you're given a tremendous apparatus to work with, and very great talents are available to you. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
A lot of solo directors have a really strong creative producer with them. Jay and I have less of a need for… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
If a director says he doesn't care how many people see his films at all, I simply don't believe him. Otherwise why… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Acting was a lot like football. When you're a DB and you're one on one with a receiver, you're going to dance.… — Brian J. White Copy Share Image
I always like playing the bad guys. They have more fun! I want a director to come up to me and say,… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
The headmistress was a very well-respected theater teacher. She taught me what stage left and stage right were, what a director was,… — Robert Kazinsky Copy Share Image
I was always waiting for the secret to be handed down to me. Ron Howard asked me what I was waiting for… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
A director recommended me for the role on 'Soap.' They said, 'She plays heavy roles, murderesses and the like.' He said, 'On… — Katherine Helmond Copy Share Image
I mean, yeah, Anne Fletcher was a choreographer, but she was born to be a director. You need to have the ability… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination. — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV directors there are, and I've learned from how they had… — Mark Sheppard Copy Share Image
(The) process of acting is no different to conventional screen acting, in that it's providing a perfect interface between the director and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I also really loved the friendship between these two women, and watching these two very different women working in this gritty male… — Sasha Alexander Copy Share Image
Directors typically have three choices - you do a studio movie and get a paycheck up front, you do an independent movie,… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
It's always different, depending on the writer and the director. A collaborator like Graham Reznick delivers a fully finished piece, perfected in… — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list.… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene. — Jean-Marc Vallee Copy Share Image
I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
My dad, who was creative director in the '60s, always wore black jeans with black desert boots; he thought he was cool.… — Andy Spade Copy Share Image
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