Directors Quotes · Page 65

One of my philosophies as a director is to listen to other people's great ideas because they'll help make you better.

— Jonathan Frakes

When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to…

— Willem Dafoe

I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV directors there are, and I've learned from how they had…

— Mark Sheppard

Things come out of nowhere, and you start evaluating the director, the cast, and all those other things going into it.

— Richard Gere

I happen to have worked with male directors who don't understand women at all. Not at all. I'm flabbergasted by their ignorance.

— Catherine McCormack

As an actress, I always felt like the people you met on set were interchangeable with the people you met on other…

— Brooke Adams

As a consumer of entertainment, as a director, I'm always interested in questions of identity and who someone is and how they're…

— Fred Savage

I look for something that grabs me and that's heartfelt, and that's coming from a good place. I want to work with…

— Harry Treadaway

If you are able to see on a monitor what it's actually going to look like and have that kind of feedback…

— Rick Heinrichs

As a film director and as film actors, you get used to a certain rhythm that's slow. But with TV, it's hurry,…

— Lee Daniels

There are two parts of me. There's the really critical, film-nerd part of me that loves that, and then there's the part…

— Anton Yelchin

But the audience is right. They're always, always right. You hear directors complain that the advertising was lousy, the distribution is no…

— William Friedkin

I have never watched property programmes. I watch Property Ladder, because I feel it's very rude for a director to work very…

— Sarah Beeny

If the director wishes to print it, then you have a series of choices, maybe millions of choices within that minute-and-a-half, or…

— Ben Kingsley

I don't care if you hate me or if you like me, as long as somebody gives me a character that is…

— Salma Hayek

An Ingmar Bergman film would probably owe a sizeable bulk of its import and its direction and its quality to the directorial…

— Rod Serling

I do believe female directors, as well as our female writer, can bring out male vulnerability that some men can't because they…

— Ben Kingsley

On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite…

— Andrzej Wajda

A director could be 20 years old and an actor 60, or vice versa; it doesn't matter. It's about connecting sensibility and…

— Juliette Binoche

Things have changed a great deal since the days of Mr. Mayer. The studios no longer control, as they did in those…

— Lew Wasserman

I don't have specific people. There are so many people that I admire and there's directors that I'm desperate to work with…

— Jamie Dornan

I realized why directors are such horrible people - in a way - because you want things to be right, and people…

— George Lucas

In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time…

— Peter Mullan

We need more points of view from women and we need more support for female directors and writers in the industry.

— Jessica Chastain

I've been fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to pick and choose the parts I play. I've also been lucky…

— Powers Boothe

I think if I were asked to do as many as fifty takes, I would assume the director had no idea what…

— Ian Mckellen

They say that theater is the actor's medium, television is the writer's medium and film is the director's medium, and it's really…

— Charlie Hunnam

Sexism is real and it persists in film and television. I've seen female directors openly undermined by male cinematographers in front of…

— Liz W. Garcia

DNI director [James] Clapper said as much many, many times, that there is no evidence that any outcome of the election was…

— John Lewis

Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks…

— Rob Lowe

The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with…

— Roman Coppola

I remember once a vocational director said to Fang, "You must develop some mechanical skills - like getting out of bed."

— Phyllis Diller

I hardly know so melancholy a reflection as that parents are necessarily the sole directors of the management of children, whether they…

— Sir Fulke Greville

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They…

— Steve Buscemi

The secret is to get a good cinematographer and a very good assistant director. If you get those and stay out of…

— Lester Persky

You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult…

— Jeff Bridges

I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men…

— Michael Haneke

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

— Katori Hall

You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

— Amy Poehler

I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think…

— David Schwimmer