Directors Quotes · Page 76

I'm just trying to find a good project. Work with a good director, someone I really admire. Find a good role.

— Logan Lerman

Every time I was cast in a role, the director put a gun in my hand, so I figured I’d better learn…

— Michael Rooker

When you grow up in the [film] industry, the director is your father. You follow your father's lead, but you make your…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

But that's not what an actor does. An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you…

— Andy Serkis

As an actor you don't control the end result. Because you're a director, you get to control the end result. I think…

— Nicole Kidman

The gyms you go to are crowded with guys trying to look like men, as if being a man means looking the…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene,…

— William H. Macy

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with…

— Dustin Hoffman

All the jobs I've gotten in the last two years are because directors have seen the work I've done - indie films,…

— Sandra Oh

The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But…

— Tony Gilroy

I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors. I've also…

— Christina Ricci

Women think in [Douglas] Sirk’s films. Something which has never struck me with other directors. None of them. Usually women are always…

— Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Its always great when a director is just supportive of what youre doing. Theyre not so much critiquing you but giving you…

— Emma Roberts

I'm a person of the arts. I love the arts very, very, very much. And ah, I'm a musician, I'm a director,…

— Michael Jackson

Every time I see a film or TV show, I think about how that composer made those choices and how that director…

— Robert Lopez

Now the Japanese companies are more focused on that. To have two independent directors - I think it's good to have outside…

— Jamie Dimon

Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works.

— Robert Zemeckis

It can be a bit annoying if another actor is trying to talk to the director and the wife is sitting on…

— Colin Farrell

My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.

— Gore Verbinski

A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've…

— John Milius

Movies, I don't really get the bad guys. In theater, I get more bad guys. Both audiences and directors are more willing...…

— Campbell Scott

I think most directors subscribe to the principle that less is more, and the best direction is the most concise direction.

— Joshua Marston

In the past I've worked with directors who saw very much their scene in their head and knew exactly how they were…

— Colm Meaney

The film [Dream of Life] is the way it is because it was the rhythm of my life, and also because the…

— Patti Smith

My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and…

— Jay Roach

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.

— Jodie Foster

I have a strong and strange character, and I've rarely met directors who knew what to do with this character. One of…

— Lou Doillon

When people think of diversity, they think people of color, but it also means women, who are severely underrepresented as directors, writers…

— Eva Longoria

If you talk about big trends at Disney, these movies generally are generated by directors or directorial teams pitching ideas to John…

— John Musker

I started out with this dream of being a director and doing cinematography and bought my first film camera at 15.

— James Brolin

“The board directors see the development of strategy as a collective effort between themselves and management, rather than a question of “us…

— Pearl Zhu

How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can…

— Gary Oldman

I think the best directors provide you with a safe environment where they can instill you with confidence and allow you to…

— Luke Evans

And if I'm running away from something, I try to make myself face it and overcome that initial fear. As a director,…

— Takashi Miike

There are certain directors who will start talking to you about something, and suddenly you'll be ready to roll, and you'll realize…

— Winona Ryder

I want to have a great director, and also a great producer and co-stars. And there should be a tight script. After…

— Kajol

Now, therefore, the Directors of the company are hereby ordered to see that precautions are taken to make travel on said railroad…

— Joshua A. Norton

Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language…

— Kerry Washington

I've never seen a movie director who was happier to be directing a movie than Dave [Mamet]. His sets, everyone who's ever…

— Clark Gregg

I've constantly done my best to get the best material I can get with the best directors I can get to direct…

— Ashton Kutcher