You can't reinvent the wheel. I remember when we first started out at 'Late Night,' we were trying to hire directors, and… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I place a higher value on work ethic than talent, because, in certain areas, you just need to cast, you need to… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
I'm not a director that's about precision and control and perfection, I'm about creating an atmosphere that's organic and interesting and then… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
In people's minds, I'm a comic, so it took a lot of time before I was recognized as a director. I had… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
There are many directors in the middle range who've made mostly successful pictures, and then there are a few great directors who've… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
If I were less lazy, when my play was published, I would go and rewrite everything for the reader. But I don't… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
I don't usually see what I've done. I don't often watch the film or watch the show. It's really about that experience… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
Actors tend to get in their own way, a lot. A lot of times you will do things that will screw up… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
It's very bizarre though when you get hired and then the director will say, "I know how this goes." And you're thinking,… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Curiously enough, I was one of the first to have some say in Hollywood. By sheer accident, I had four successes in… — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Copy Share Image
The script is the most important thing for me. I'm advised that other things are important too, and they are. The director… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
In the movies, you want a good story and characters that are honest, but you are also looking for a good director… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
Playing Japanese characters and being in environments that are Japanese, like a character's apartment or whatever, if you have directors or art… — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Copy Share Image
I'm not very self aware about my career. I probably should be more so. Just to be brutally honest, it's not like… — David Arquette Copy Share Image
[Make a sitcom] was really the idea of Executive Producer Joe Roth who owned the property over at Revolution Studios and said… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
The action star's life is very short. Back in Asia, I can do whatever I want to do. I'm the producer, I'm… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
Now Tarantino is making DJANGO UNCHAINED. Everybody is telling me I am in the movie but I've not been asked by Tarantino… — Franco Nero Copy Share Image
Every film you work on is different, and that's part of what it's like for anybody who works on a film, is… — James Spader Copy Share Image
So, we come out to Los Angeles. And we met with every network. We met with show runners, directors, writers, everything. And… — Reba McEntire Copy Share Image
I always say that in my career as an actress, I've always worked with people like David Lynch or Guy Maddin or… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
I don't really distinguish between a fictional hero and a real life hero as a basis for any comparison. To me, a… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
One would hope that you would have a CBO director who does not let ideology get in the way of making good… — Alice Rivlin Copy Share Image
If you are a 19-year-old woman, there are very specific things that directors and the people in positions of power in the… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have tried to write soundtracks, and the main problem with those was that the directors often had in their minds a… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
It's turned into a world of amateurs. There are amateur actors making millions of dollars, amateur cinematographers, amateur directors... Jesus, these amateur… — James Coburn Copy Share Image
The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
Every director is different and they all have different styles. I've worked with directors who were very specific and they gave a… — Michael Pitt Copy Share Image
It is necessary to recover the primeval force of the shock taking place at the moment when opposite a man (the viewer)… — Tadeusz Kantor Copy Share Image
I would really like to focus on directing features, and then eventually take that skill set back to television. On features, you… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
Unless you're a directing producer of a television show, for the most part, the director comes in one week to direct and… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Film’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid… — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
There are things that directors know about me that people shouldn't know. But everyone's really different. I've worked with women who I've… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I came from advertising. For me it's about protecting the director's vision. That's always the goal. There's keeping things on budget and… — Charles Roven Copy Share Image
But then male directors also have a hard time getting their movies made... not as hard as women but it's a tough… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction,… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
My strongest quality as an actor is taking direction. I will give my performance as a template and if the director gives… — James Preston Rogers Copy Share Image
![“[Make a sitcom] was really the idea of Executive Producer Joe Roth who owned the property over at Revolution Studios and said he was thinking about taking it to TV. And after he said that he already had [writer/director] Ali Leroi on board, and that he was going after Terry Crews, to me it was a…” quote by Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/613/ice-cube-912_boards_make-a-sitcom-was-really-the-idea-of-exe_3213580.jpg)
![“One would hope that you would have a CBO director who does not let ideology get in the way of making good estimates. [Congress] values having a credible institution that they can rely on to give them the best estimates possible.” quote by Alice Rivlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/45c/alice-rivlin-42902_congress_one-would-hope-that-you-would-have-a-cbo_206249.jpg)
![“Every director is different and they all have different styles. I've worked with directors who were very specific and they gave a lot of direction. The one thing about Michael [Haneke]that I think is interesting is that he really has a reason for everything he's asking you. If you challenge it, he…” quote by Michael Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/373/michael-pitt-9202_asking_every-director-is-different-and-they-all_1683731.jpg)
![“But then male directors also have a hard time getting their movies made... not as hard as women but it's a tough time for any movie this size. And that particular movie [The Hurt Locker] was so specific. It couldn't hurt, of course, and I'm really glad for her, but I don't know how much it will…” quote by Nicole Holofcener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3dc/nicole-holofcener-9867_change-things_but-then-male-directors-also-have-a-hard_1606703.jpg)
![“The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction, the masterful work of the DP [Director of Photography] Kevin McKnight and his crew, and the layers and depths each actor goes to to ensure we the audience feel a…” quote by Aisha Hinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f4b/aisha-hinds-19362_actors_the-artistry-on-the-show-underground-is_2147579.jpg)
