Directors Quotes · Page 47

Directors know nothing. I never had the privilege of working with any good director. Except Satyen Bose and Bimal Roy, no one…

— Kishore Kumar

I know whoever I'll work with, will open up different avenues for me, be it Imtiaz Ali or Rajkumar Hirani, the list…

— Saqib Saleem

First of all, Sam Fuller left a group of extraordinary movies that are unique, that are "Fuller-esque," as one might say, which…

— Curtis Hanson

I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think…

— Sofia Coppola

Very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you work.…

— John Hurt

Theater is a lot more interactive, more of a cohesive unit. With television, it can be a different director every episode.

— Condola Rashad

I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the…

— Russell Crowe

I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't…

— Danny Trejo

Directors always used to be like the police to me - the enemy, the people to tell me what to do when…

— Helen Mirren

'The X-Files' from the beginning was a very visual show, and with Bob Mandel directing the pilot and Dan Sackheim being involved…

— Chris Carter

L.A. can be pretty insane because there's so much show business here, but I also know a lot of kids who grew…

— Matt Walsh

I always say to people when I'm trying to get something going, bringing on other producers or other directors, "You can think…

— Ridley Scott

Ingmar Bergman is a long way from me, but I admire him. He, too, concentrates a great deal on individuals; and although…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

One of the nice things about the world of filmmaking is that you make friends in the business. Sometimes directors feel a…

— Tom Stoppard

I think the first film you do with your instincts because you haven't learned with another director or you haven't worked on…

— Nadine Labaki

I'm not particularly interested in working with movie stars. It depends on where you come from, I suppose. Why are you making…

— Neill Blomkamp

I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly…

— Sam Mendes

Many times, when a director reads a script and wants somebody who says 'Far out', then they let me do what I…

— Katherine Helmond

I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at…

— Madeleine Stowe

Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting…

— Nicole Ari Parker

I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to…

— Anne M. Mulcahy

I act once in awhile if something comes up that seems fun. I like to do it - its a lot of…

— Rob Reiner

I pay tribute to the writing always. The writer is a creative artist and the director is an interpretive artist and the…

— Clint Eastwood

There's no big splashy renaissance in Italian films. We have good young actors and directors. What we lack are screenwriters. It's hard…

— Valeria Golino

One thing that is true in TV is that you do hire the directors. As the writer, it's very different than in…

— Zak Penn

In the best of all possible worlds, directors would obsess about the quality of their storytelling, and not the details of their…

— Roger Ebert

With the most interesting directors, the cast comes together to make something magical that nobody counted on.

— Susan Sarandon

I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.

— Donnie Yen

I suppose they call me a womans director because there were all these movie queens in the old days, and I directed…

— George Cukor

I always have directors who are somewhat frustrated because they'll reference a beautifully obscure film from the '50s or '60s or '70s,…

— Amy Adams

There are many amazing female directors that made work in more skewed times, so we should be thankful for the boundaries they…

— Jillian Mayer

Bollywood directors are like cricketers where in one match you score a century, and in the next match, you are out for…

— Sunny Deol

I'm not interested in making movies only with female protagonists. I think it's ridiculous to think that a female director can't direct…

— Elizabeth Banks

I'm working on a project called Lemons, produced by Killer Films. The director has a great perspective on character development.

— Nia Long

I have worked with good directors, and I consider myself very lucky because I think that it is very important.

— Tabu

Your crew becomes your family and you trust the director and the other actors on the set, and it's a very safe…

— Aleksa Palladino

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is…

— Mark Rydell

I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.

— Javier Bardem

It's harder being a woman director because on the whole women don't have husbands or boyfriends who are willing to be wives

— Jane Campion

We are absolutely open to working with outside directors. But the criteria for working with outside directors would be the script they…

— Zoya Akhtar