Directors Quotes · Page 96

I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And…

— Amy Ryan

I think that collaboration makes me a better director and observer and writer because I can look at things in a different…

— Saschka Unseld

I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set…

— Sarah Gadon

I've always noticed a difference between working with a director and working with a writer/director. In how much they're invested and how…

— Nathan Fillion

I really want my career to be as an actor-writer-director-producer, you know? I don't know what will be stronger than the other.

— Danny Strong

As a filmmaker, it's about surviving and lasting. So many talented people that I've known in my life - directors and writers…

— John Carpenter

As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job…

— George Clooney

The great thing about having spent all this time on film sets is that I've been able to watch directors and how…

— Catherine McCormack

Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during…

— John Malkovich

'The X-Files' from the beginning was a very visual show, and with Bob Mandel directing the pilot and Dan Sackheim being involved…

— Chris Carter

There's only a few directors that can do what Emmerich does on an international scale and on an action scale.

— Channing Tatum

Every film I've ever worked on, and that includes 'Braveheart' and 'Trainspotting,' I've always witnessed a director having a breakdown. Every director…

— Peter Mullan

Ultimately in the end, it's the director's choice

— Donnie Wahlberg

You can't have a director say, "Just be you"; you have to have an aim. It's like when you throw darts, you…

— Paul Schneider

There are several talented Malayali actresses, but still M-Town directors choose actresses from other states.

— Shamna Kasim

One of my philosophies as a director is to listen to other people's great ideas because they'll help make you better.

— Jonathan Frakes

First of all, Sam Fuller left a group of extraordinary movies that are unique, that are "Fuller-esque," as one might say, which…

— Curtis Hanson

[Make a sitcom] was really the idea of Executive Producer Joe Roth who owned the property over at Revolution Studios and said…

— Ice Cube

An actor and a [theatre] director are both what I would call interpreters of work. We interpret a work, just as a…

— George Ogilvie

Any filmmaker, big directors, and I'm not dropping any names - I actually have couple names I want to say, but I…

— Tommy Wiseau

You realize as a director that when you are cutting a film, you want to have alternatives. You need color and choices.…

— Dolph Lundgren

Women are making strides in many areas and women have mentored and supported me along the way. I think that women are…

— Nina Jacobson

The popular image that Hollywood is ruined by difficult prima donna actors is nonsense. They're certainly very nice to directors. I can't…

— Nigel Cole

The directors of such companies, however, being the managers rather of other people's money than of their own, it cannot well be…

— Adam Smith

As long as you have a director, that's your feedback. It's the director telling you, "Okay. That was great! Okay. Can we…

— Gabriel Iglesias

Peter Chelsom and Edgar Wright are totally different directors and worlds apart, but both really accomplished directors who are certain of how…

— Rosamund Pike

Every time I work with a European director, I find they hire the person that captures the spirit of the role. Americans…

— Elizabeth Pena

We were doing Scarface many years ago...and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw…

— Al Pacino

Let the child be the scriptwriter, the director and the actor in his own play.

— Magda Gerber

It is when music is added that a film can come to life for a director. A live orchestra, playing the score…

— Robert Paul Wolff

I'm just saying to everyone. The director does not direct the trailer. It's an edited version that takes so many moments of…

— Michel Gondry

Establishing what the vision is and being able to stick to it is the job, and everyone should be on the same…

— Thomas Jane

The only entry level position on a movie is director.

— Colin Hanks

Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that.

— Jason Reitman

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

If you didn't get it right and then you have to release a director's cut to undo what the studio made you…

— Neill Blomkamp

I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if I like…

— Elena Anaya

That was okay [ working with George Clooney]. One of these days I'll work with a good director.

— John Krasinski

I don't really consider myself a horror director or a violent director at all.

— Ryuhei Kitamura

There are directors, and there are authors. I think I am more of an author than a director.

— Sergio Leone