Producers and directors think they have the power, but what they think of as the weakest link, the actor, is all-powerful. — Ken Stott Copy Share Image
I really like directors who give you a certain amount of autonomy because I think a lot about my characters and I… — Sarah Gadon Copy Share Image
I think today there are too many directors taking themselves seriously; the only one capable of saying anything really new and interesting… — Luchino Visconti Copy Share Image
David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer. — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
I don't think a director should have any kids. I don't even think it's good for your physical health. Even guys in… — Tom Berenger Copy Share Image
Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to… — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
As a director, you should choose a project that will educate you and enrich your life, because you're going to be doing… — Rob Marshall Copy Share Image
I come from the theater, so for me rehearsal is vital and a way of life. There are many film directors who… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
I don't think Roger Ebert has ever mentioned a screenplay. He assigns every auctorial move to the director, which makes some sense… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Unlike a lot of British directors, I hadn't done any theater. But, I had a great mentor who said, "What you're looking… — Susanna White Copy Share Image
When I work on a film, you know, I try to get or inhabit the body of the character -from the vision… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
It's important to see the work of as many directors as possible but you must not become self-conscious. You have to accept… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
The one thing about program television that's absolutely incompatible with any concept of art is that all decisions have to be made… — Alexander Kluge Copy Share Image
Jumping twenty or so years later, Ann Ciccolella, artistic director of Austin Shakespeare, approached me with the idea of staging Anthem. She… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
The director is the most important because, ultimately, as an actor, when you watch a movie, it looks like an actor is… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
A lot of the projects that I do, I like to be involved with earlier. I just feel that, certainly from an… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Ohio went on alert Tuesday when a train with hazardous chemicals ran wild through the state. A brave engineer leaped aboard and… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
Tell me one director who will go on record to say that I don't get along with them? I get along famously… — Anushka Sharma Copy Share Image
The core of a director is the person's tastes in what elements go together and how they go together. It's a puzzle. — Andre Øvredal Copy Share Image
There's people constantly asking you for something on set, so the multi-tasking of motherhood transfers very well to being a director. And… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Working with a great director is wonderful for an actor because it means that you're not forced to take the advice of… — Klaus Kinski Copy Share Image
With Alien, because we always use a different director, each one kind of stands on its own. So I guess it's possible… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
When you do a rewrite, it's really about serving the director's vision, and what the director needs to go into that script. — Kelly Marcel Copy Share Image
Even bigger directors like Mani Ratnam and Ram Gopal Varma have faced flak, that doesn't mean they've shied away from filmmaking. — Gautham Menon Copy Share Image
You have different people who come into your life and they affect you in a way and leave an impact on you.… — Selena Gomez Copy Share Image
I will always have a child in me. That is what Pete Jackson has got, what a lot of the directors I… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
I often meet young directors who, you know, had a 'Ghostbusters' picture on their wall as they were growing up. And it's… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director… — Amy Smart Copy Share Image
I randomly went to a casting session in my hometown in North Carolina, and the casting director introduced me to my manager.… — Maddie Hasson Copy Share Image
If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is… — Brad Dourif Copy Share Image
Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes… — Penelope Spheeris Copy Share Image
Now at my age I understand how sad it must have been for some directors or actors at the time the talkies… — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never… — Dan Gilroy Copy Share Image
What you want, as an actor, is a great leader. I can't bear it when I work with a director who is… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
As a writer, you have to be willing to kill your darlings, and I'm a writer first. As a director, I've got… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
I love to tell stories and I love to work with directors and I think I write really visually, which I think… — John Orloff Copy Share Image
Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
