There seems to be an assumption that if you're offended by movie brutality, you are somehow playing into the hands of the… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
I've been inspired by films since I started dancing, and I'm married to a filmmaker, and I think it was one of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck… — James Brolin Copy Share Image
I did a different production with a different director and Bill Pullman. Oleanna - the one you saw - we were doing… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
I think soon after I became director of the CIA - President Obama pulled me into the Oval Office and said: 'Look,… — Leon Panetta Copy Share Image
The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's… — Mary Harron Copy Share Image
When you do a first movie, you're contractually supposed to do the second one and then you don't do it, you become… — Louis Leterrier Copy Share Image
[Director] Peter Wallerstein does great work rescuing sea life along the shores of LA, and I helped raise money for sanctuaries such… — Alison Eastwood Copy Share Image
As an actress, I always felt like the people you met on set were interchangeable with the people you met on other… — Brooke Adams Copy Share Image
If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch. — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
You need the words, you need the script, you need the material, you need the commitment, you need the passion, it's like… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
History has a way of coming back to you. In the case of Janis Joplin appearing at the festival in 1968, her… — George Wein Copy Share Image
Also, to get to work with serious filmmakers on this kind of a movie, has elevated these movies. We were so lucky,… — Elizabeth Reaser Copy Share Image
Feeling unsure and lost is part of your path. Don't avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are… — Janet Suzman Copy Share Image
To spend any time with someone who is among the top five film composers of the last 50 years is pure gold… — Henry Jackman Copy Share Image
By the time I got to be director of product management at Thomas-Conrad, I was in a better negotiating position, as I… — Maynard Webb Copy Share Image
In Hollywood there's no real material. They would send me stuff, but I hadn't even seen the director. If I don't see… — Emmanuelle Beart Copy Share Image
Actors can make five movies a year. A director can make one movie, every two years. It's a whole different level of… — Joseph McGinty Nichol Copy Share Image
The thing I love about working with first-time directors is that it's always quite shocking how little difference there is between them… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
Obviously, I've been very lucky in general in my career, but I feel that I've been very lucky in terms of having… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I'm not imprisoned in any one medium. In films I use techniques that are not necessarily what other directors attempt. When I… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, the board of directors that the middle managers report to generally make them aggressive. Imagine being hired into a company and… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than… — David Lean Copy Share Image
When you are working hard, you don't have time for anything other than what you are doing in the scene and what… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
Some of the screen's best moments were realized because a director went against all reason, all logic. No matter how incredible a… — Rouben Mamoulian Copy Share Image
Even the most elitist director or author who claims that he doesn't care if his works are seen or not, then I… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
You know, making an animated movie is such a lonesome thing. You mostly don't see your fellow actors or anything. You go… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
The opinion of the public is sacred. The director is a cook who merely offers different dishes to them and has no… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
During 'Chicago Hope,' I never let directors talk to me, because I was so spoiled. I started off with people like Milos… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
The whole thing with comedy is that you are always in control. Writer, director, actor, producer, and sometimes bouncer. And you are… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
It was never a deliberate decision to make films about the 'woman experience'. Having said that, we are all many things -… — Chika Anadu Copy Share Image
I was never nervous directing. Not once. I'm more nervous acting. I'm far more nervous on set, before I say my lines,… — Rose McGowan Copy Share Image