Directors Quotes · Page 33

Film directors don't come to the theatre in Sydney. In London and New York, they do.

— Essie Davis

The work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script.

— David Mamet

I like dangerous directors who like dangerous actors and dangerous productions.

— Tim Curry

I've been very lucky. Directors I've worked with have been very amenable to changes.

— Felicity Jones

When you're a freelance director, you are hired to create the art, and it kind of stops there.

— Diane Paulus

I care more about the directors that I get to work with as opposed to the actors.

— Lisa Haydon

And I just want to work with good directors and good people.

— Charlie Hunnam

Becoming artistic directors is an enormous responsibility and not one that we take lightly.

— Cate Blanchett

I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what…

— Julie Christie

In my career, I have played a gangster, an ex cop, a journalist and a film director. Yet, the label of a…

— Emraan Hashmi

It's always interesting to see a director trying different things, and on top of it, doing it right each and almost every…

— Vincent Cassel

When we did concerts, we wanted them to be theatrical events - collaborations with designers, choreographers, and directors - because we thought…

— Neil Tennant

Television is certainly a writers-led medium. They're the ones who are there, they're the ones that are conferencing or whatever, with directors…

— Brian Baumgartner

I thought ['Sailcloth'] was a terrific script. Elfar Adalsteins, the director, is bound to be a director we'll hear from, and the…

— John Hurt

David Cronenberg is the most provocative, original, and consistently excellent North American director of his generation.

— J. Hoberman

I thought it was a huge conflict of interest to be the director and the subject - it's very sketchy territory to…

— Aaron Rose

I think directors can be a little insensitive to how vulnerable an actor is, when he's giving a performance. Part of the…

— Eric Balfour

God sends such purgations to you, directors of consciences, that you may acquire the science of the saints and the art of…

— Paul of the Cross

I got involved through the director of the show [Top Chef], he's a director of films in Mexico; I worked with him…

— Ana Claudia Talancon

You need the words, you need the script, you need the material, you need the commitment, you need the passion, it's like…

— Nia Long

Sometimes directors get hired into TV shows, and it's so formulaic and they're a slave to whatever everybody wants them to do.…

— Kyra Zagorsky

I would love to work with Raju Hirani. I never thought I would have a wish-list of directors as such, but after…

— Ram Charan

We, as women, often believe that we have to endear ourselves by acting modestly. But that leads personnel directors to think: Anyone…

— Kristina Schroder

Auditioning is a funny one. It's all about energy. If you walk into a room and the room feels off or the…

— Max Irons

I would love to just keep working with really great directors who really inspire me.

— Matt Bomer

After Star Trek, I was with the top agencies, but producers and directors did not know what to do with me.

— Persis Khambatta

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

— Magda Gerber

I love it when the director says, 'Rebel, just do whatever you want.' I'm, like, 'Yes!

— Rebel Wilson

When you're a producer or director, there's so much sweat that goes into any given project.

— Joseph McGinty Nichol

The really important people in TV are not the directors; they're the writers.

— Mary Harron

Steve Zaillian is just the sweetest. A very, very wonderful and interesting director.

— Peter Jacobson

There are so many directors, young and old, around - all doing their thing and struggling.

— Noma Dumezweni

Directors should be paid for promising impossible things.

— Diego Luna

Lloyd Richards is another director who was like that, who was a teacher.

— Viola Davis

When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.

— Dane Cook

I am grateful to those directors who actually designed roles for me.

— Rao Ramesh

When we choose only love as the director of our mind we can experience the power and miracle of love.

— Anonymous

Kenneth Branagh is one of the funniest directors on the set. You laugh a lot. He's very skillful.

— Stellan Skarsgard

A musical is only as good as its director. The same can also be said for the CIA.

— Martin Short

A good script and a good brief from the director is enough to let me know what is expected of me.

— Sanjay Dutt