“All I mean is that a board of directors is one or two ambitious men--and a lot of ballast. I mean that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I did a film recently in the Republic of Georgia [upcoming 'Halo of Stars'] which was based on a long poem written… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
The first film that really knocked me out was Alien by Ridley Scott. This is a great movie because no matter how… — Nicholas Ozeki Copy Share Image
That excites me, working with really excellent people, be it wonderful directors or actors or cinematographers and especially writers. My work life… — Deborah Kara Unger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I am impatient with directors who don't know what they want, and the way you don't know what they want is because… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
When you're in a soap, it's fantastic, and I'm really grateful for the fans who watch you and support you. For me,… — Emma Rigby Copy Share Image
I would love to work with Quentin Tarantino - he's my number one. My ultimate. I would love to work with Paul… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
So I'm here, and not being one for missed opportunities, I made a list of the casting directors in New York and… — William Mapother Copy Share Image
I miss that process of getting the script and reading it and working on it. Every actor has their own way of… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's… — Danny Elfman Copy Share Image
One of my first jobs was in a soap opera, five days a week. And what I found is, although there are… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and they know that I'm somebody who… — Carice van Houten Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You do see a few people and you are thinking of how that chemistry is going to work, but it's not really… — Adrian Hodges Copy Share Image
John Huston was the kind of director that totally left you alone. Not every actor always does it right, every time, but… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
In N.Y.C., I auditioned for mostly 'quirky friend' roles. Since casting directors in L.A. lacked a preconceived notion of me, I was… — Becki Newton Copy Share Image
It's very frustrating [ to work under director's control], not just because you're getting rejected constantly, but also because you're at a… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school.… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
I don't have a philosophy for choosing roles. Sometimes, it's just, 'This might be interesting; that might be fun to do.' There… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
I've done so many movies with first-time directors, and honestly I just go with gut instinct. People that usually can tell me… — Neal H. Moritz Copy Share Image
I feel I should defer to the writers and the directors because they're the ones who have the complete vision. They see… — Shoshannah Stern Copy Share Image
The process always starts with detailed conversations with the director, followed by a spotting session (deciding where the music goes and doesn't… — John Keltonic Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Thelma & Louise' in 1988, and we shot it in 1990. Everyone kept saying, 'This is so groundbreaking... this is… — Callie Khouri Copy Share Image
Yes, there was a massive difference between their styles. David is a very technical director and Chris is an actor's director, in… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
When I look around and see how aged cartoonists continue to work on their manga and how movie directors create new movies… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
I feel like, if I'm being honest with myself, my biggest skill set is as a writer 'cause I can do that… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
I mean, in the foreword to Impro in Denmark is by Søren Iversen, who I taught long ago, he was a Danish… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share Image
Jock Semple and I were at daggers drawn for five years, even though I kind of forgave him from the get-go. I… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
What directors of television drama constantly tell you is 'Don't act it. Don't try. Don't emphasise that word'. Whereas with someone like… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
My junior year, I was in a play at school and five days before opening night, I still didn't know my lines.… — Katie Leclerc Copy Share Image
If I'm going to do a big film, I'm very choosy about what I do, because I think I want to continue… — James Duval Copy Share Image
Getting back in the directors chair - there's a sense of like doing something every year. It's not like riding a bike,… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
What you want is a comfortable environment that you feel you can invent in. Because film is such a lumbering, technical, huge,… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
It's a lucky circumstance when you get to usher in new work, because you are able to ask the playwright and the… — Gideon Glick Copy Share Image
An actor puts himself in the hands of a director. And the director's first responsibility, obviously, is to tell the story, but… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Alejandro Amenabar is a different kind of director than I lot of the directors I've asked for. He really asks you to… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting. So, whatever initial… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
![“I did a film recently in the Republic of Georgia [upcoming 'Halo of Stars'] which was based on a long poem written by the director. We found that all these words were beautiful as a poem, but for humans it was more about the emotion or a look than just saying what was there.” quote by Lily Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e67/lily-collins-1760_beautiful_i-did-a-film-recently-in-the-republic-of_119700.jpg)
![“It's very frustrating [ to work under director's control], not just because you're getting rejected constantly, but also because you're at a time in your life where you have an enormous amount of creative energy, and there's no way to express it. That's why a lot of people get into drinking or…” quote by Matt Damon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/40b/matt-damon-3371_amount_it-s-very-frustrating-to-work-under-dire_2022748.jpg)
![“I mean, in the foreword to Impro in Denmark is by Søren Iversen, who I taught long ago, he was a Danish director, after he left. He said he'd read about [Eugeny] Vakhtangov. I'm a fan of his. When he heard that Vakhtangov had lots of tricks, he thought this was very bad. But when he came to be my…” quote by Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8c8/keith-johnstone-13430_danish_i-mean-in-the-foreword-to-impro-in-denma_2994932.jpg)
