Directors Quotes · Page 8

“Even lizard + baby can be director.”

— Robert Robert

I generally have confidence in my directors.

— Mohanlal

I am a very impatient director.

— Steven Spielberg

It's always the story that interests me.

— Vincente Minnelli

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

— Ben Kingsley

Love who and what you are and what you do.

— Louise Hay

Some directors are like poets.

— Manisha Koirala

Every director should take an acting class.

— Paul Feig

There are lots of good directors I would like to work with; I want to be inspired and challenged by them.

— Julian Ovenden

Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work

— Tea Leoni

There is no point in having sharp images when you've fuzzy ideas.

— Jean-Luc Godard

I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.

— Robert Carlyle

Zhang Yimou is one of the best directors on mainland China.

— Jet Li

I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.

— Vincent Cassel

I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union.

— Betty Hill

The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything.

— Alexander Payne

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

As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you…

— J. J. Abrams

I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions…

— Bruno Tonioli

I think Paul Weitz is a really amazing director, obviously with tons of acclaim and stuff, but I still think he is…

— Nat Wolff

I've wanted to make movies for so long. I learned most of what I know from director commentaries and behind the scenes…

— Todd Strauss-Schulson

I'm always looking for opportunities, even when they're not offered to me. I will have no hesitation to pick up the phone…

— Hilary Swank

I remember calling directors numerous times and saying, 'Oh, you should cast so-and-so instead of me. They're much better for the role.'

— Robin Wright

I have worked with three female first assistant directors - on 'Hostiles,' 'Gone Girl,' and a short film, 'The Human Voice,' and…

— Rosamund Pike

As a film director and as film actors, you get used to a certain rhythm that's slow. But with TV, it's hurry,…

— Lee Daniels

It [the scene] can be something given to you and you go, "Ah this is a good idea, I can work with…

— Ralph Fiennes

There was a time when I first started that there was such a thing called 'a woman's film' and there were certain…

— Gurinder Chadha

The thing is this: I've got an amazing career in England that couldn't possibly get much better. I do the best theater…

— Lesley Manville

Acting is always more fun for me.I love being a part of a story, I love collaborating, I love working with different…

— John Krasinski

You were designed to be very smart, Max,' she told me. 'We electrically stimulated your synaptic nerve endings while your brain was…

— James Patterson

I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you…

— Francis Ford Coppola

We want to make the best television possible. We should be drawing on the entire available pool of storytellers and directors, and…

— John Landgraf

The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily…

— Laurence Sterne

I started as an artist and I had a side job moving some heavy boxes for a publishing company. They had just…

— Biz Stone

Noah Baumbach does more takes than any director I've ever worked with. He runs a very quiet set and he runs a…

— Greta Gerwig

I don’t mind if the character is a small character, but I would just like her to have a journey in the…

— Jessica Chastain

I am excited by this collaboration: this is the first time H&M involves a Fashion Director in a special project. This is…

— Anna Dello Russo

I believe you can never stop growing and learning and I've been very fortunate to have been working since I was 10…

— Taylor Lautner

You have total control of it, and when you're an actor, you're subject to production design and costumes and directors and studio…

— Rainn Wilson

Given that most movies are bad, and that there are whole categories and sub-categories of badness - the sequel, the Madonna Movie,…

— Andrew O'Hagan