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title: "8 Directors Tell Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [Directors have so much else to do besides tell actors what to do. There are so many issues and problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-douglas/directors-have-so-much-else-to-do-besides-tell-actors-what-to-do/)

[Michael Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-douglas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/michael-douglas-2539_actor_directors-have-so-much-else-to-do-beside_21996.jpg)

> [I make it a point to speak to the directors and tell them why I don't want to do a particular role…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atul-kulkarni/i-make-it-a-point-to-speak-to-the-directors-and-tell-them-why-i-don-t/)

[Atul Kulkarni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atul-kulkarni/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/atul-kulkarni-5786_cannot_i-make-it-a-point-to-speak-to-the-direct_885172.jpg)

> [Some directors can tell stories and it becomes very intimate and small, and it's almost like a secret. Some directors have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noomi-rapace/some-directors-can-tell-stories-and-it-becomes-very-intimate-and/)

[Noomi Rapace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noomi-rapace/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/noomi-rapace-15006_audience_some-directors-can-tell-stories-and-it-b_893757.png)

> [Bad directors will tell you they absolutely know how to do it, and how it has to happen; there's this insecurity that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-parker/bad-directors-will-tell-you-they-absolutely-know-how-to-do-it-and-how/)

[Molly Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/molly-parker-38516_cinema_bad-directors-will-tell-you-they-absolut_1073544.jpg)

> [Some directors will tell you what to do: stand here, walk over there, sit down. That is the most basic kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-lester/some-directors-will-tell-you-what-to-do-stand-here-walk-over-there/)

[Adrian Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-lester/)

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> [“Directors tell me I should direct because the questions I am asking are the questions that they are asking rather than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bale/directors-tell-me-i-should-direct-because-the-questions-i-am-asking/)

[Christian Bale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/christian-bale-2174_directing_directors-tell-me-i-should-direct-becaus_2136346.jpg)

> [There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-mewes/there-s-a-lot-of-other-movies-i-like-but-i-don-t-even-pay-attention/)

[Jason Mewes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-mewes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/563/jason-mewes-23079_attention_there-s-a-lot-of-other-movies-i-like-but_2876253.png)

> [When directors tell me they want a song like one, I tell them no song should be like another. I don't listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilaiyaraaja/when-directors-tell-me-they-want-a-song-like-one-i-tell-them-no-song/)

[Ilaiyaraaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilaiyaraaja/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/ilaiyaraaja-8753_another_when-directors-tell-me-they-want-a-song_3042900.jpg)

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