Directors Quotes · Page 69

The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator.

— Ken Loach

I love to tell stories and I love to work with directors and I think I write really visually, which I think…

— John Orloff

Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the…

— Edmund Burke

When you're artistic director of a program, you present the music you want to present.

— Stanley Crouch

I think women are in much the same place in the Irish theater as they are everywhere else. Certainly, we have wonderful…

— Garry Hynes

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as…

— Vera Farmiga

I'd love it if doors open for me in America. There are directors I'd love to work with there. I'll always do…

— Lesley Manville

Even if my movies weren't big blockbusters, directors generally liked me, so they would fight for me.

— Mark Ruffalo

I was seen dancing at school by a director, who asked me to be in a TV play. And it had a…

— Francesca Annis

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For…

— Estella Warren

The relationship to the director is becoming more crucial to me, making sure there are some common goals. I haven't been in…

— Kathy Bates

I have worked with the best of actors and directors.

— Shefali Shah

It's all about the director for me; we have to click. It's a trust thing. I'll say I'm ready to let down…

— Juno Temple

Somehow, we [ Tan Dun and director Chen Kaige] were all privileged at the time; we could be outside of China. But…

— Ai Weiwei

What I think after reading the script and seeing where the story goes, I go with my instincts on the character. If…

— Josh Hutcherson

At times as an actor, it's often times unclear as to what the directors envision for a project.

— Carmen Ejogo

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

— Kofi Annan

It happens a lot, but I also think of it as not so much like being abandoned by a director 'cause they're…

— Amy Ryan

I don't believe in director's cuts and I also don't really believe in deleted scenes because the movie that is in theaters,…

— Neill Blomkamp

There is a magic thing called 'tone' in a film, that the director must master and maintain.

— Rebecca Miller

It's hard to give up that amount of control. It's scary to make yourself that vulnerable. Because you might do all kinds…

— Sarah Polley

I always thought it would be very funny if I was a blind film director.

— Woody Allen

You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh…

— Robert De Niro

I love the variety of films. In theater, you go into a room and the director runs the room, so you all…

— Eddie Redmayne

Yes, there was a massive difference between their styles. David is a very technical director and Chris is an actor's director, in…

— Tinsel Korey

I was working with actors who were very easy to work with, but I can just imagine how, with all the other…

— Rick Heinrichs

If the audience gets everything, if they see the photography and notice that it is good, then the story goes out the…

— Frank Capra

I majored in Chinese Studies. I'm probably the only director of chicken Indian zombie movies who can speak pretty good Mandarin.

— Lloyd Kaufman

When I met Quentin [Tarantino], he told me what every actor wishes from any director. He said, "I've been through a Demián…

— Demian Bichir

My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about…

— Sanaa Lathan

A director once said, when I was complaining about something or other, "I agree, it is terrible. The worst thing you can…

— Jeff Raz

I view the director as my boss. I'm the pawn on the chess board. I don't say something to the director easily,…

— Jennifer Lawrence

Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video…

— Gordon Willis

I'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were…

— Cameron Mackintosh

To be a film director is not a democracy, it's really a tyranny. You're the head of the project, for better rather…

— Woody Allen

Composition is what's similar between being photographer and director. As a photographer, you're sort of doing everything - you're directing the lights…

— Russell James

I’ve had unsatisfying experiences, but mostly it’s about communication, which is why I make an effort to talk to the director beforehand…

— Martin Starr

I was very headstrong about wanting to keep my name when I moved to Los Angeles. But casting directors would call my…

— Garrett Clayton

It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me…

— Chris Pratt

That is the great pleasure of working with great directors. You get to look at the world through many different prisms. I…

— Isabella Rossellini