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title: "16 Directors Say Quotes by 15 authors"
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> [Casting directors will often say that they are open to any ethnicity, but they're not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lana-condor/casting-directors-will-often-say-that-they-are-open-to-any-ethnicity/)

[Lana Condor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lana-condor/)

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> [Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianne-wiest/directors-say-that-you-should-get-actors-before-they-are-recognized/)

[Dianne Wiest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianne-wiest/)

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> [Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain in the...or have an opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianne-wiest/directors-say-that-you-should-get-actors-before-they-are-recognized-2/)

[Dianne Wiest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianne-wiest/)

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> [Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/good-directors-say-here-s-where-the-play-is-they-stand-by-the-heart/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

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> [I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-cox/i-m-a-good-actor-in-that-sense-for-directors-because-i-always-do-what/)

[Alex Cox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-cox/)

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> [So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-cukor/so-many-directors-say-nothing-beautifully-and-so-many-others-say/)

[George Cukor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-cukor/)

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> [As actors, we don't shy away from saying, 'I wanted to be an actor because I wanted to meet girls.' Directors cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gael-garcia-bernal/as-actors-we-don-t-shy-away-from-saying-i-wanted-to-be-an-actor/)

[Gael Garcia Bernal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gael-garcia-bernal/)

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> [I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-reitman/i-ve-been-very-very-lucky-in-my-career-in-my-life-from-day-one-when/)

[Jason Reitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-reitman/)

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> [Sometimes, with directors, you have to take what they say and translate it in your head, into something that makes sense to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-elizabeth-winstead/sometimes-with-directors-you-have-to-take-what-they-say-and-translate/)

[Mary Elizabeth Winstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-elizabeth-winstead/)

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> [The popular image that Hollywood is ruined by difficult prima donna actors is nonsense. They're certainly very nice to directors. I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-cole/the-popular-image-that-hollywood-is-ruined-by-difficult-prima-donna/)

[Nigel Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-cole/)

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> [Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akira-kurosawa/movie-directors-or-should-i-say-people-who-create-things-are-very/)

[Akira Kurosawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akira-kurosawa/)

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> [I'm wary of artistic directors who say, 'Here is my vision', because it's empirical. Basically it's about who you work with and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/i-m-wary-of-artistic-directors-who-say-here-is-my-vision-because-it-s/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

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> [I'm actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say no all the time. 'No' is the most powerful word in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-pitt/i-m-actually-very-snobbish-about-directors-i-have-to-say-no-all-the/)

[Brad Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-pitt/)

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> [By the time May rolls around, I'm probably going to want to spend a month on an island. But if Steven Spielberg…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marg-helgenberger/by-the-time-may-rolls-around-i-m-probably-going-to-want-to-spend-a/)

[Marg Helgenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marg-helgenberger/)

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> [As far as people getting into the industry and creative roles as writers and directors, I would say that technology is on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niki-caro/as-far-as-people-getting-into-the-industry-and-creative-roles-as/)

[Niki Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niki-caro/)

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> [That and when you're doing live action you don't normally get to see the thing before it's in production. In this case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-m-goldstein/that-and-when-you-re-doing-live-action-you-don-t-normally-get-to-see/)

[Jonathan M. Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-m-goldstein/)

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