Directors Quotes · Page 16

I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors.

— Christina Ricci

Shaping it is something I would expect to do together with a writer, because that's a director's job.

— Ken Loach

No English director would've cast me as an officer, I promise you. Not one.

— Michael Caine

Directors should not be forced to advocate anything in their works because of their demographic identity.

— Esra Saydam

There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see.

— Nina Jacobson

I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.

— Tommy Lee Jones

I know I don't go looking for directors. I always wonder why they chose me.

— Ciaran Hinds

I'm not a betting woman, but I have $50 on Secretariat with an old director friend of mine.

— Shirley Booth

When I came to the industry, many directors like Krishna Vamsi and Puri Jagannath had encouraged me a lot. Krishna Vamsi is…

— Ravi Teja

Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.

— Sam Waterston

Whenever I really want a part, I'm not sure what to do. How do I let the director know how obsessed I…

— Jennifer Lawrence

I had a caricature view of the guy in the beret with the big megaphone­­, but a movie director and writer was…

— J. C. Chandor

Woody's [Allen] very relaxed with the cast and likes them to do their thing and is not an over-director type. Somehow it…

— Letty Aronson

It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on…

— Peter Brook

When I was leader of the GLC, by the time I had been in control for three years, the difference in pay…

— Ken Livingstone

I feel terrible for directors of TV because all the episodes have to look the same. They make a great series for…

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the 'fantasy woman' is. What we learn in movies…

— Jane Campion

I'm a big fan of directors like Zhang Yimou, Wong Kar Wai, Chen Kaige, Stanley Tong, Suhar, Ringo Lam, there are so…

— Mallika Sherawat

If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You…

— Jake M. Johnson

The opinion of the public is sacred. The director is a cook who merely offers different dishes to them and has no…

— Werner Herzog

It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their…

— Michael Apted

The first thing I think about is music, and the last thing I think about is music. I'm like some Monk. I…

— Hans Zimmer

Interestingly, my first director's cut was an hour and forty-one minutes. Then, the studio actually wanted to add more to the story,…

— Kim Jee-woon

Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director…

— Terrence McNally

There was a very important superintendent of Yellowstone, a man who was involved in the founding of the National Park Service itself,…

— David Quammen

The Nazis, for him, are merely available movie tropes--articulate monsters with a talent for sadism. By making the Americans cruel, too, he…

— David Denby

Snow Cake is a lovely film. Really proud of that. We shot it in 21 days. I thought Sigourney was amazing in…

— Alan Rickman

I actually had some funny dialogue [ in Stardust Memories], a little piece, and we shot all day in this big ballroom.…

— Brent Spiner

I generally enjoy the rehearsal process because that's where you can share your ideas, get your thoughts and feelings out and see…

— Nicolas Cage

When critics or people judge, I think it's harder to make a commercial, pop movie than it is to make a pretentious…

— Brett Ratner

Ultimately your job as an actor is to perform however you're being asked to perform and there's many different procedures as an…

— Kurt Russell

In the beginning, I found myself dealing with a show business dictated by male white supremacists and chauvinists. As a black female,…

— Diahann Carroll

A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

— Omar Epps

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.

— Shirley Knight

I want to work with as many directors as possible because with each director, you learn something new.

— Kalki Koechlin

I would love to be a fly on the wall watching other directors and actors to see what their process is like.

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Good is the director who lets you do what you have to do.

— Marc Ribot

If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.

— Akira Kurosawa

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

— Samuel Goldwyn

Id love to see more women working as directors and producers.

— Ida Lupino