The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film. — Shirley Knight Copy Share Image
No English director would've cast me as an officer, I promise you. Not one. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Shaping it is something I would expect to do together with a writer, because that's a director's job. — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Directors should not be forced to advocate anything in their works because of their demographic identity. — Esra Saydam Copy Share Image
It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing… — Naveen Andrews Copy Share Image
Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about… — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
The attitude of the English towards English history reminds one a good deal of the attitude of a Hollywood director towards love. — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
Being a cinematographer taught me a lot. I got to expedite the visions of many directors and learned how to navigate many… — Reed Morano Copy Share Image
Directors are like generals, political dictators, aggressive people...And everyone in the film is always grateful if you can tell them what to… — Abraham Polonsky Copy Share Image
F. Gary Gray, I think, is one of the best directors I've ever worked with in my life, and I'd love to… — Christina Milian Copy Share Image
I didn't have the problem of finding myself at 45 on the wrong course - I always wanted to be a film director. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful. And that was the real disappointment of the time. You'd see great… — Parker Posey Copy Share Image
It [moviemaking] is not really done on a yearly basis. It's about how the material, and when the material comes in. If… — Graham King Copy Share Image
At the end of the two years that I was the director [of the Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health in Manhattan],… — Bernard Nathanson Copy Share Image
Being movie director you've got the art department, you've got the actors, you've got the camera department, you've got make-up and hair,… — Michael Fassbender Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I make a movie, my main goal is to show the movie to one particular director.It's not about competing. It's… — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
There may be lots of questions that anybody - an actor or a director or anybody - can ask about a character… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
When I was a producer, the fun of the show was waking up with a hit and enjoying the period after the… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video… — Gordon Willis Copy Share Image
If there's any relevant influence we may have with an investor, with a studio, with a director, with an actor, I think… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
Maybe if we sit out for the next few years and let Clint Eastwood get a little experience, he's going to be… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I have found that so many directors and producers in the room say nothing, and this can be deadly. It's very difficult… — Allison Jones Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton is guilty, of all the things that Director [James] Comey stated at his press conference and Congressional hearings, and far… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
You have to go through a big process with the Directors Guild in order to get co-direction credit. They sit you in… — Matt Duffer Copy Share Image
Mr. Cukor is a hard task-master, a fine director and he took me over the coals giving me the roughest time I… — Joan Crawford Copy Share Image
My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get… — Stanley Tucci Copy Share Image
The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
A lot of times, actors and directors don't want to repeat something. I don't think we're repeating something, but I think there's… — Skylar Astin Copy Share Image
[Martin Scorsese ] basically works just like any other director. You work the scene, you try to find what's best in it… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
I enjoy collaborating with all of the directors I have worked with. I love collaborating with creative people on interesting projects. — Lior Ron Copy Share Image
In Hitchcocks eyes the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera.… — Bruce Dern Copy Share Image
Oh, well, in Los Angeles everybody is an actor, or a producer, or a writer, or a director, or an agent, or...… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
[ Gareth Edwards] never wanted to force anything that wasn't true. He's very much an actor's director, and it was loose. — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I've always worked with new directors. 'Pyar Koi Khel Nahin' with Sunny Deol, Anupam Kher's debut film 'Om Jai Jagdish,' and Niraj… — Mahima Chaudhry Copy Share Image
My father was a director, and he used to always tell me, "You should be an actress." When I was 17, he… — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
![“It [moviemaking] is not really done on a yearly basis. It's about how the material, and when the material comes in. If you develop your material and the script comes in great and you can attach a director and a cast and go off and make it, then I could make, I don't know, six [movies] a year. Or I…” quote by Graham King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/graham-king-34519_bases_it-moviemaking-is-not-really-done-on-a-y_1623698.jpg)
![“At the end of the two years that I was the director [of the Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health in Manhattan], we had done 60,000 abortions. [During my life] I myself, with my own hands, have done 5,000 abortions. I have supervised another 10,000 that residents have done under my direction…” quote by Bernard Nathanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/bernard-nathanson-48489_abortion_at-the-end-of-the-two-years-that-i-was-t_1911578.jpg)
![“Hillary Clinton is guilty, of all the things that Director [James] Comey stated at his press conference and Congressional hearings, and far more. He stated many things, but it's far more and he knows that.” quote by Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/donald-trump-18_clinton_hillary-clinton-is-guilty-of-all-the-thi_348184.jpg)
![“[Martin Scorsese ] basically works just like any other director. You work the scene, you try to find what's best in it and make it work. That's what it was like.” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36b/brent-spiner-2999_cinema_martin-scorsese-basically-works-just-lik_685213.png)
![“[ Gareth Edwards] never wanted to force anything that wasn't true. He's very much an actor's director, and it was loose.” quote by Alan Tudyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/alan-tudyk-7208_actor_gareth-edwards-never-wanted-to-force-any_675251.jpg)
