Directors Quotes · Page 71

It's important for me to work with a strong director because I know I can go to some really deep places, I…

— Eva Mendes

You hear it said time and time again by successful directors: You have to make a movie for yourself. Don't make it…

— Jordan Peele

Work is fun to me. All those years of being an actor and a director and not being able to get a…

— Dennis Hopper

It's fair to say that if you have a lot of experience, your power is greater. You have more of an opportunity…

— Willem Dafoe

Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to…

— Alexander Hamilton

There are so many amazing directors I would love to work with, like Christopher Nolan, who is a total pipe dream.

— Italia Ricci

I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.

— Crystal Reed

Whether you're a cameraman or a director, you should ask yourself every now and then, 'What am I trying to do?' Be…

— James Wong Howe

If you're not filled back up quickly, you might collapse like a birthday balloon". I guess that's why acting is so addictive.…

— Matthew Jacobs

Director Park always talked to me about her in a very innocent way, that the story was of her coming of age…

— Mia Wasikowska

So getting that balance between what is honoring scripture and the Word and also acknowledging the fact that by the virtue of…

— Joseph Fiennes

According to Hollywood logic, none of the actual Titanic passengers was interesting enough, so the writer-director had to invent a Romeo and…

— Paul Rudnick

Being the director is really something. It's a statement of something and you have to stand up for that. Okay, this is…

— Mathieu Demy

I definitely divide my life into decades. Almost every ten years, something in my work life has changed. My twenties were my…

— Nora Ephron

I never saw myself as a director. It's certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up.…

— Al Pacino

Big Fish was the first movie that we worked on together, and I had already written it. We had another director, but…

— John August

You don't have your film finished when you have your director's cut finished. It's just a bunch of green screen.

— M. Night Shyamalan

Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think…

— Asia Argento

I want all my films to look distinctly different, like some other directors I admire. But in a way, I can't really…

— Imtiaz Ali

For me to get to work with a writer-director over time in developing a project - my investment feels much more profound.…

— Maggie Siff

It's a roll of the dice when you're a first time director so I prefer to work with people that know more…

— Virginia Madsen

I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if I like…

— Elena Anaya

I love working with women - I love women - and we need more women directors. We need more feminine sensibilities in…

— Eric Roberts

All great directors - however, they do it - make you want to be good. I hope I do it. It's like…

— Ann Reinking

While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing…

— Burton Richter

I'm not a real film buff. Unfortunately, I don't have time. I just don't go. And I become very nervous when I…

— David Lynch

I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just…

— Matthew Gray Gubler

I'm a little older and I'm gonna do a bunch more movies and then they're gonna put me in a home for…

— Garry Marshall

There are a lot of female directors in Lebanon but we can't really talk about a true film industry, it's still very…

— Nadine Labaki

New directors are safe. They tell you the full story and since they are new, they try to put their heart and…

— Vijay Antony

It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies.

— Jon Landau

That's the main thing, looking for interesting characters, good directors, and experiences where you're growing and learning.

— Nicholas Hoult

Great directors turn in mediocre work and first-time directors turn in exceptional work. No matter how good a person can talk about…

— Thomas Jane

I can work with both the old, revered filmmakers and new directors. It is amazing how they see me in their world,…

— Jackie Shroff

On working with director Werner Herzog: I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have…

— Klaus Kinski

Hillary Clinton said there was no marked classified information on her server. The FBI Director said that's untrue.She said that she did…

— Chris Christie

Frank Miller is more of a visionary than any director I've ever worked with, and he achieves that vision better than anyone…

— Gabriel Macht

I'm wary of artistic directors who say, 'Here is my vision', because it's empirical. Basically it's about who you work with and…

— Richard Eyre

As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you…

— Gary Johnson

Whatever I am today is because of my directors. Without their sheer hard work on me, I wouldn't be an actor.

— Madhura Naik