Directors Quotes · Page 86

I think one of the things you have to be aware of as an actor is that if you come on the…

— Dustin Hoffman

The characters I've played as an actress have been really challenging and emotionally rewarding, but there was just something missing. I was…

— Danielle Harris

I see what's behind everything the director wants to do.

— Jordi Molla

Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see…

— Michael Haneke

Obviously with the onset of cable and satellite, there are more opportunities for programming and original programming, so it creates more opportunities…

— Anthony Michael Hall

But, it takes some of the characters to some very dark places, and they start doing things that they might not do,…

— Kyra Zagorsky

I have an association that director means total authority. Director means they will never let you down. Director means just trust them…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

You'd put yourself in a play and get to know the system and learn how to be directed, and then you could…

— David Oakes

I depend on good editors and a good director. It's up to the way they shoot it, the lighting and all that.…

— Indira Varma

There's not a lot of talking between actors - either between actors or between actors and directors. People think that they sit…

— Christopher Walken

When you have the cast, the sets, the lights, an opera takes on its own life. I'm not one of those directors…

— Maximilian Schell

Again, I want to give credit where credit is due to our voice director, Collette Sunderman, who is someone that works out…

— Jeph Loeb

As an actress, I think it’s important to look back and realize that we aren’t always quite as original as we think…

— Natalie Dormer

There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth.

— Jason Mewes

Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.

— Barry Pepper

I believe that science is best left to scientists, that you cannot have managers or directors of science, it's got to be…

— Mark Oliphant

In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.

— Felicity Kendal

I've had amazing experiences with directors who believed in me.

— Jason Clarke

I guess I like a lot of directors. Or at least I try to.

— Jacques Rivette

In a lot of cases, you think that the art director and the production designer designed and built this amazing set, when…

— Rick Heinrichs

I was the enemy of the major studio. I believed in one man - one film. I believed one man should make…

— Frank Capra

Sometimes things are nothing on paper, but a genius director turns it into something amazing.

— Douglas Booth

What is an artistic picture? An artistic picture is very simple. The creator is not the producer. The creator is not the…

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

— Bruce Lee

Rejecting offers has not been easy for me, especially when the movies involve some of my favourite actors and directors.

— Sai Pallavi

There's music in my films but you seldom hear it. Very early I got the idea that the important things in films…

— Frank Capra

In my first film, we always tried to have a script and work in a normal way, but I was constantly changing…

— Wong Kar-wai

I really want to meet and work with JJ Abrams. Everyone talks about what a nice director he is, and he has…

— Ty Simpkins

I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

— John Frankenheimer

It felt really nice to not have anybody talking about numbers, and no one is talking about ratings. From my experience, it…

— Taylor Schilling

Just someone trying to shoot in 70mm deserves the nomination, and he[Quentin Tarantino] is shooting interiors, like tight interior shots, for that…

— Bun B

I find that a lot of actors who are good and open to challenges have lived a full life. When you walk…

— Idris Elba

I never think of myself as a celebrity - or even an actor, actually. I think of myself as a writer-director.

— Ricky Gervais

I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really…

— Charlie Kaufman

The main thing the composer needs to do is it needs to remember that the director is there to cheer you on.…

— Hans Zimmer

I used to play a lot of foreign women in my youth because I was prettier then. I would go for interviews,…

— Kate O'Mara

It just so happened that J.C.[Chandor] was a first-time feature director, and his script was exactly the kind of thing we were…

— Zachary Quinto

Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.

— Stellan Skarsgard

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

You never want to be the director who dropped the ball, you know?

— David Yates