In the old days, before there was such a thing as film schools, directors learned the camera by watching other directors, and… — Don Ameche Copy Share Image
When I move from being a cameraman to being a director I looked at a lot of other cameramen who tried to… — Barry Sonnenfeld Copy Share Image
My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
I love my lifestyle now, but at the end of nine months, you're toast. You are toast. It's like running a marathon.… — Christopher Meloni Copy Share Image
When I first started out, it was very, very difficult to even get in the room with directors or casting directors because… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
I think, there were probably problems with show business where producers and directors would try to get the writing credit also. So… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're always at the service of somebody else's vision. In a play, it's more of the director's vision, and… — Jeff Daniels Copy Share Image
It's entirely to do with personality, I think. There are good directors who talk a lot, bad directors who talk a lot,… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I suppose a good director is like a teacher. I think that someone like David Cronenberg was very much like a teacher,… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
But reading is different, reading is something you do. With TV, and cinema for that matter, everything's handed to you on a… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I was in good shape from Divergent. Damien Chazelle, the director of Whiplash told me, ‘Stop Working Out! Don’t go outside!’ He… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
The truth is that filmmaking is not really an actor's medium; it's really a director's medium, so all I can really control… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there's no money in it. By that I mean the way the… — John Landis Copy Share Image
When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It's… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
I remember coming on my first set and it being a playground of things I wanted to ask questions about: cameras and… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy… — Peter Fonda Copy Share Image
I had never done a Director's Cut narration on Beaches so I did in time for the release of the DVD. It… — Garry Marshall Copy Share Image
Man, without a saving touch of woman in him, is too doltish, too naive and romantic, too easily deluded and lulled to… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I had a very blessed journey with the upbringing I had. When you're working on sets as a stuntman, you have a… — Ric Roman Waugh Copy Share Image
Its different being a director. I suppose, especially if its a story youve written and you feel compelled to tell, in some… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
In Iraq, until before the war, the women were scientists, museum directors, doctors. I'm not valourising Saddam Hussein or the Soviet occupation… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Writer/directors are, for me, the most inspiring people to work for because they are the person on set that knows the answer… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
[Allied] got the attention of (director) Bob Zemeckis and Marion Cotillard. I'm glad I waited. If it had been made 15 years… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Your job, as an actor, is never to just do what you're told. That's boring, and life is too short. It's your… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
The director works as an interpretive artist, but he's still an artist, so you also have to give him room to create… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I was so disappointed [with movie Forsaken], but maybe I hadn't talked enough with the director. I don't know. But, Kiefer worked… — Donald Sutherland Copy Share Image
I think my family's watched me over the years in my career, in my pursuit of my career, and they've seen the… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was… — Darrell Hammond Copy Share Image
I'm not as savvy and knowledgable about all of the directors that are out there, but as a person, I'm really open-minded… — Millicent Simmonds Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who… — Mark Rydell Copy Share Image
Usually you talk about directors in terms of the way they choose camera lenses or a kind of light to create a… — Michael Patrick Jann Copy Share Image
I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a very… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
It's usually the exact same three things which are, the Scripts, the Director and the Role those are the three things I… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Writing a good movie brings a writer about as much fame as steering a bicycle. It gets him, however, more jobs. If… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
I have a problem with writer/directors, personal. I can't work well with both of them on the set, if both of them… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
The biggest thing I've noticed with some of my favorite directors is their gift of sticking a bunch of strangers in a… — Alison Pill Copy Share Image
![“I had never done a Director's Cut narration on Beaches so I did in time for the release of the DVD. It was a great visit and I do a whole-behind-the-scenes thing and I tell stories about Bette [Mudler] and Barbara Hershey and everybody and that was fun. It made me cry again.” quote by Garry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e30/garry-marshall-12551_barbara_i-had-never-done-a-director-s-cut-narrat_66832.jpg)
![“[Allied] got the attention of (director) Bob Zemeckis and Marion Cotillard. I'm glad I waited. If it had been made 15 years before, who knows how it would have looked, but it's got the best possible cast, director and everything. It's been fantastic. It was worth waiting.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/282/steven-knight-2205_attention_allied-got-the-attention-of-director-bob_1070770.jpg)
![“I was so disappointed [with movie Forsaken], but maybe I hadn't talked enough with the director. I don't know. But, Kiefer worked it out. Kiefer took it and re-edited it. I don't know whether he talks about that. He's probably more discreet than I am because Jon is a friend of his. Now, it…” quote by Donald Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4c6/donald-sutherland-14225_directors_i-was-so-disappointed-with-movie-forsake_1946593.jpg)
