The main problem is that the Hollywood system has already made the film before the director shoots a single frame. — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the actors are thrilled to have visitors because they're just waiting most of the day. It's the directors that are a… — Rebecca Eaton Copy Share Image
And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue — liking what you've got to do.… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces,… — Alan J. Pakula Copy Share Image
Truthfully, most directors don't direct actors. Every actor is different, so when you're asked, "How do you approach an actor?," it depends… — John Landis Copy Share Image
When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
I think it's very interesting for a director that enjoys thrillers and mysteries like I do to have the challenge to do… — Jaume Collet-Serra Copy Share Image
By the time I got to be director of product management at Thomas-Conrad, I was in a better negotiating position, as I… — Maynard Webb Copy Share Image
Some directors don't tell you that it's not your fault, so you get increasingly depressed that you're not delivering what's required, and… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki once stated, 'International cultural exchange is impossible - therefore we must try.' I agree with all my… — Anne Bogart Copy Share Image
But actually my dad is a very talented director and not just his use of shots and camera, but he's very good… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
The acting director of the Secret Service, Joseph Clancy, said they may make the fence around the White House taller because of… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I decided honestly that comic art is an art form in itself. It reflects the life and times more accurately and actually… — Alex Raymond Copy Share Image
I think one third of my work is with first-time directors because I think I should, you know? Really, the difference between… — Rutger Hauer Copy Share Image
What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a… — Kelly Gallagher Copy Share Image
I had no idea whether I could play 'em or not, but I wanted to and I was very determined... but the… — Karen Carpenter Copy Share Image
I am definitely writing letters to lots of directors in my mind when I'm making a film. I'm chasing Woody Allen and… — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
Jamie Foley - he's a very different energy to [director] Sam [Taylor-Johnson]. The whole experience was actually quite different. — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image
I like a director that encourages me to be playful. I don't really like being restricted or controlled by a director. — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a… — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
When you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980. — Jacques Rivette Copy Share Image
I'm on a crusade to get movie directors to get their science right because, more often than they believe, the science is… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I'd never really done comedy before 'Community,' so getting to work day in and day out with all these great people, directors,… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I would be a terrible director, I could never write anything. One of my great strengths is that I know all of… — Topher Grace Copy Share Image
I love improv. 'Crazy, Stupid, Love,' the script was really great, but the directors were open to letting you try different things.… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct, & with my final nod, Utah will use most extreme power & execute… — Mark Shurtleff Copy Share Image
I'd say I got three or four offers for films that had female directors, so in my career I haven't had that… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
CIA Director George Tenet has now testified before the 9/11 commission and he said we are still making the same dumb mistakes,… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at… — James Franco Copy Share Image
If you knew my wife, you'd be like, 'Yeah, you're very married.' She runs the household. I refer to her as 'the… — Max Greenfield Copy Share Image
I don't think Hollywood makes many good films anymore. How many directors can you really trust to have an artistic vision, not… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
A story is the relationship that you develop between who you are, or who you potentially are, and the infinite world. — Shekhar Kapur Copy Share Image
I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture. — Charlie Rose Copy Share Image
When you work with someone you don't quite know, you have to figure the director out, and you can come up with… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move! — Howard Hawks Copy Share Image
I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole… — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
I love doing film soundtracks and working with directors on how they want the scene to be portrayed on audio as opposed… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
I'm not put off so much by first-time directors if the script is great. If the script isn't there, I'm not there. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
It was very important to me to choose a director like Gary [Ross], whose instincts come from character, who's a storyteller, and… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
The showrunner relationship in television is what the director relationship in film, there's really no more important relationship. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
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