Directors Quotes · Page 39

On the film where I didn't get along with the director, I just decided to not speak to him.

— Elizabeth Taylor

Those who have themselves for a spiritual director have a fool for a spiritual director.

— Philip Neri

For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.

— Adam Shankman

Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.

— Abbas Kiarostami

As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic.

— Tommy Wiseau

I like bold directors. I like directors that go against the norm in a way...

— Nicole Kidman

Directors have been trying to get me to do comedy for a long time, ever since One Eight Seven.

— Clifton Collins, Jr

I'm one of the most successful adult movie directors in the business.

— Stormy Daniels

I've been very lucky to work with many amazing animators and directors who can interpret and extend the music I make. When…

— Gotye

I was thrown in the deep end at 18 when I got cast in a movie that I didn't audition for. The…

— Teresa Palmer

I can't act. I simply must be myself, do the things that seem natural to me. When I get with a director…

— George Raft

Of course for many years directors have had to go on the road with their movies and promote them and I've done…

— David Cronenberg

I think that I just need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I…

— Paul Walker

I've certainly seen stats that if you have a woman director or a woman screenwriter, the number of female characters goes way…

— Emma Donoghue

Usually directors hire me because I'm what they are looking for. But once in a while, and it's very rare, they will…

— Christopher Walken

I never worry about what they think about me. Because I feel so far away from what my Italian colleagues have done…

— Sergio Leone

In the past decade, there have been a lot of friends or directors, either gossiping or telling me directly, "What you're doing…

— Jackie Chan

People are mystified by it and so they kind of think, the acting community thinks they're gonna be replaced by CG characters…

— Andy Serkis

What I found about 'Nashville' coming in is it's about these small performances. It can be on a big stage but detailed,…

— Chip Esten

I wouldn't say I'm personally trying to transition from comedy into drama. I don't look at things like, 'Oh, I need to…

— Ashton Kutcher

Insider trading tells everybody at precisely the wrong time that everything is rigged, and only people who have a billion dollars and…

— Preet Bharara

A director must be patient and unflappable. I think I was always pretty relaxed. I don't find shooting as traumatic as some…

— James Ivory

When it comes to acting, it's about creating a character and bringing forth a director's vision. It's a weird feeling, because with…

— Lenny Kravitz

I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on…

— Rachel McAdams

Maybe I have just a younger voice than many other directors.

— Michael Bay

Most actors go, I read the script and fell in love with it; I fall in love with the directors.

— Sam Worthington

As I've always been open to learning, directors have helped me with the nuances of acting.

— Riya Sen

My advice to women directors is just to make the best work possible.

— Jamie Babbit

Some of my favorite auditions have been with female directors.

— Ed Skrein

Sometimes when I make a movie, my main goal is to show the movie to one particular director.

— Gaspar Noe

No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.

— Stellan Skarsgard

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.

— Famke Janssen

OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them.

— Jack Nicholson

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

— Akira Kurosawa

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

— Marc Ribot

Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they're a better actor than you.

— Carroll Baker

Personally Im very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors.

— Mark Mothersbaugh

All the directors that I've had the opportunity to work with are fantastic.

— Will Friedle

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

— Samuel Goldwyn