By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
There are a million ideas in a world of stories. Humans are storytelling animals. Everything's a story, everyone's got stories, we're perceiving… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
In my experience, directors who are the most comfortable with themselves and confident in their work give you and everybody on the… — Sarah Gadon Copy Share Image
I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been… — James Denton Copy Share Image
Every single director-actor I talked to, from Warren Beatty to Clint Eastwood to George Clooney, said the biggest mistake they made is… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
There's no point in it unless it's a story that you really want to tell. It's a nebulous job. Unless you're doing… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
In 'Beowulf,' director Robert Zemeckis uses a technique called 'motion capture' to conjure fantastical things, angles into action and sweeping vistas to… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
American Graffiti was the first movie where the director let me have any input. It was the first time anyone ever listened… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Whether I'm writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I'm always an actor's director first. I always try to… — Dito Montiel Copy Share Image
I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
I don't have what German directors call 'a concept' - a solid, fixed sense of the pattern that you should impose on… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
I went to do Eclipse right after The Runaways, and I think the director of that movie might have said to another… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But… — Bong Joon-ho Copy Share Image
As a director and an actor, it is very difficult to say "this person was better than another person." I judge by… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
David Ayer was put on my map, at that point, and I always kept note and clocked his career. When he started… — Joe Manganiello Copy Share Image
When I work on a film, you know, I try to get or inhabit the body of the character -from the vision… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do… — Randy Harrison Copy Share Image
Blockbusters run the mainstream industry. We may never again have a decade like the 1970s, when directors were able to find such… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
There are only three reasons to do a movie: the cast, the director, the role. Like I say, you live in a… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
I was doing a Broadway play, and I was really new to this business. The Broadway play was my first job, literally.… — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone can really make up their mind and say, Now I'm going to be a director. — Judd Hirsch Copy Share Image
I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population and gave birth to the whole world.… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
There's only a handful of directors who really understand what I call the alchemical balance between a man and a woman, in… — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Personally I'm very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors. — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
A lot of actors aren't particularly good directors. And they're not particularly good with other actors. That's kind of a fallacy. — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
I think everyone's different but in comedy, I try to do my scene to make the director and the other actors laugh.… — Ken Jeong Copy Share Image
My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
If you talk about big trends at Disney, these movies generally are generated by directors or directorial teams pitching ideas to John… — John Musker Copy Share Image
For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban. — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
There are all very different directors. Some are more specific, some are calmer than others when the pressure is on, some use… — E.J. Bonilla Copy Share Image
You basically go in animation and it's all in the imagination. There aren't even pictures to look at. You usually go in… — John Noble Copy Share Image
If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire 'best director' category would be comprised of models. To… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Then I usually leave the choice of the second assistant director and any other assistant directors to the first assistant director, who… — John Frankenheimer Copy Share Image
There's not one way to direct a film, there are so many different ways to do it. Everything affects the way it… — Lukas Moodysson Copy Share Image
The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
The director of 500 Days of Summer is doing the Spider-Man movie. That's not necessarily the movies I want to make, but… — Katie Aselton Copy Share Image