Directors Quotes · Page 38

All of the directors I've worked with I've gotten along with very well.

— Trevor Rabin

There are two types of directors: the directors who take and directors who give.

— Allu Arjun

Louis Malle is maybe one of my favorite directors, but I love Tarantino.

— Richard Ayoade

As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.

— Guillermo del Toro

[YSL creative director] Hedi [Slimane] is a music-obsessed guy. I might've originally met him through Sky.

— Zachary Cole Smith

We fell in love with movies through directors. Very early on we knew that was what we wanted to do.

— Matt Duffer

I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

— Steve Buscemi

It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.

— Arthur Cohn

People wonder why first-time directors can make a brilliant picture, then suck on the second one. It's because they're a little terrified…

— James Caan

A TREAT. FASCINATING. Director Lipes is a classic cinéma vérité practitioner in the mold of Albert Maysles and Frederick Wiseman.

— Kenneth Turan

The main reason for choosing a project is not really the renown of the director that's making the project. I feel like…

— Song Kang-Ho

Sometimes what you lose in the time it takes to let an actor do something that you don't like as a director,…

— Seth Rogen

A director recommended me for the role on 'Soap.' They said, 'She plays heavy roles, murderesses and the like.' He said, 'On…

— Katherine Helmond

I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my friends.…

— Michelle Trachtenberg

I believe young female directors in particular should always remind themselves of the truths of their own stories and not let outsiders…

— Shahad Ameen

It's a lot of power to give the director to edit his own stuff. It's also a time thing: you don't want…

— Joe Dante

Congratulation s to my friends and all the team of famous the Dance of the Vampires! As the Chagal of the German…

— Jerzy Jeszke

I think I've always wanted to direct, but I didn't go to film school. I was lucky enough to work in movies,…

— Greta Gerwig

The music director, Stephen Oremus, was telling me: "I hope you've done your work." We only have ten days rehearsal. The music…

— Max von Essen

I've worked with more than 50 directors and I've paid attention since day one. That's pretty much been my education, apart from…

— Tommy Lee Jones

The only episode which was completely my idea was for Mitch Pileggi, the actor who portrays Skinner, the Assistant Director of the…

— David Duchovny

At the first meeting of the newly constituted Warren Commission, [former CIA Director] Allen Dulles handed out copies of a book to…

— Peter Dale Scott

But on this show, it's a good question because in the 35 shows that we've done now, I've really made a consistent…

— Anthony Michael Hall

I just want to do everything. As broad as that seems, it's kind of the plan. There are so many different genres…

— Vanessa Hudgens

There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth.

— Jason Mewes

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

— Antoine Fuqua

As far as American directors, Terrence Malick is probably my very favorite.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I always want to challenge myself as a writer. I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

— Lena Waithe

Why would people have confidence in a female director when there are so few?

— Jennifer Lawrence

A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.

— Natasha Richardson

Boyapati is one of the few directors who can pull off a masala film like 'Sarrainodu'.

— Rakul Preet Singh

I look at life as being cruise director on the Titanic. I may not get there, but I'm going first class.

— Art Buchwald

Working with directors like Gurinder Chadha was a learning experience for me.

— Huma Qureshi

I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.

— Harold Prince

As a director, I wouldn't like me as an actor. As an actor, I wouldn't like me as a director.

— Robert Redford

I tend to ... if I decide to do a job, want to be able to trust my director...

— Charlize Theron

I'm not the kind of director who aims to send a message out.

— Park Chan-wook

For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of.

— Terry Southern

Joe Mantello is the uber director. I wrote him a card tonight saying basically, 'Will you adopt me?'

— Jeffrey Tambor

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

— David Lean