Directors Quotes · Page 85

Sometimes your films don't do well, despite having a big star cast, renowned directors and producers.

— Bhumika Chawla

Pastoureau combines a charming, conversational tone with a haughtiness I found entirely endearing. A director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des…

— Sebastian Smee

I adapt to directors, I don't like making directors adapt to me. If I'm with Clint Eastwood then I'll do two takes,…

— Jennifer Lawrence

I'm wary of artistic directors who say, 'Here is my vision', because it's empirical. Basically it's about who you work with and…

— Richard Eyre

We're creating a TV show of Scrooge, starring Jamie Farr, with Buddy Hackett as Scrooge. We're shooting in this Victorian set for…

— Bill Murray

Existence for eternity could get a little boring... especially towards the end.

— Woody Allen

It's a collaborative art form where we can both learn something from the other. That's what you want from the relationship with…

— Cam Gigandet

When there is a pain-in-the-neck role for a girl to play, the directors start yelling 'Agnes.'

— Agnes Moorehead

I reached a point where I'd watched enough directors do the job that I felt I understood it. And it's not that…

— Dan Gilroy

I'm a film director. Gay is an adjective that I certainly am, but I don't know that it's my first one. I…

— John Waters

It's dangerous for one actor to advise another one, especially when you're not in charge. On the set, I'm never gonna tell…

— David Koechner

I would love to do a talk show. Naturally, I would love to do more films. I'd love to be able to…

— Marlee Matlin

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

— Samantha Morton

A lot of directors understand everything but the story.

— Adrian Pasdar

I think it's possible to be free in a big production. It's the eye of the director and the actor and the…

— Adam Driver

I have a suspicion, because if you look at the whole, all the [Star Wars ] movies, the backlog of every one…

— Woody Harrelson

I went to meet Joe Johnston, the director, and he's charming. I've been very lucky. Most of the directors I've worked with…

— Toby Jones

I love improv. 'Crazy, Stupid, Love,' the script was really great, but the directors were open to letting you try different things.…

— Emma Stone

I think that's what makes David Ayer really interesting. He likes to make a tough-y movie, but actually he's a character director.…

— Mireille Enos

[Donald Trump] has confidence in Director [James] Comey. We have had a great relationship with him over the last several weeks. He's…

— Reince Priebus

There's a different set of writers and a different director for the films, but Marvel has turned it into a pretty spectacular…

— Clark Gregg

On a film set, we're all glorified troubleshooters, really, as directors. It's not if a problem arises. It's when.

— Christine Swanson

Some months after [Keith Alexander] made that statement [Edward Snowden cause grave and irrevocable harm to the nation], the new director of…

— Edward Snowden

When I was a producer, the fun of the show was waking up with a hit and enjoying the period after the…

— Harold Prince

I mean, I've sold all these scripts and nothing's been made. Studios have closed, stars have died. I had a director find…

— Bruce Vilanch

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.

— Chris Tucker

One picture and one win cannot right a million wrongs. It's a step in the right direction.We have to get to a…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I don't know if the scripts are changing so much. I mean, I've been working for almost 25 years and made over…

— Natalie Portman

The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the…

— Victor Hugo

But I'm very keen to work with directors such as Imtiaz Ali, Zoya Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar, Vishal Bhardwaj, Abhishek Chaubey, Anurag Kashyap…

— Neeraj Kabi

David Fincher is one of the best directors I know, so I'm really curious to see it. Really curious, and I want…

— Michael Nyqvist

I'm pretty much a character-driven film director and my movies are smaller. I don't do a lot of coverage. I use lots…

— Stanley Tucci

Filmmaking is a creative process so there is a lot of collaboration that happens on set between an actor and director, but…

— Aamir Khan

I think it's very easy to get caught up and think that how many hits you get in a magazine because you…

— Lisa Kudrow

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not…

— Vincent Cassel

The whole world of 'Game of Thrones' was realized with such detail, with directors and writers who really geeked out and really…

— Harry Lloyd

People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.

— Julianne Moore

There may be lots of questions that anybody - an actor or a director or anybody - can ask about a character…

— Edward Albee

The actor shouldn't edit themselves or be anxious. And the actors that I admire are always the ones who are inventive and…

— Ralph Fiennes

I always felt that the telefilm directors made wonderful films, which are even better than the big screen movies, but never got…

— Arin Paul