A TREAT. FASCINATING. Director Lipes is a classic cinéma vérité practitioner in the mold of Albert Maysles and Frederick Wiseman. — Kenneth Turan Copy Share Image
When you work with directors who really love actors, who love their contribution, it feels amazing. But sometimes when you work with… — Ruth Negga Copy Share Image
I didn't really know who [Dario Argento] was at the time. I know him now, obviously. But I went in to be… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
I'd done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. Why couldn't we do these… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
But you really - I always think that a director has got to adapt to whatever the needs of the actor are.… — Bill Condon Copy Share Image
Sometimes, directors are afraid to stop shooting, because the second you stop and say, "We got it," and move on, you'll never… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
I like to invest as a performer in the director's vision and then bring a sense of reality to whatever I'm doing,… — Amy Seimetz Copy Share Image
Everybody just asks me 'Are you going to make Hollywood movies now?' First, I don't know. Second, I never dreamed about that;… — Melanie Laurent Copy Share Image
I thought I'd become a funeral director when I wasn't going to be an actor. I thought I would be good at… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I need to gain a lot more experience. I think so much of being a director, other than the technical aspect and… — Josh Peck Copy Share Image
[ Oval House] director, Peter Oliver, gave you the right to fail. He had a philosophy that came from Winston Churchill that… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it.… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
When you're a first time director, you're often considered what's called a "deadly attachment" in the eyes of financiers, because they're trusting… — John Krokidas Copy Share Image
Constance L. Rice, co-director of the Los Angeles of the Advancement Project, told the Times that Seltzer might have been influenced by… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Having the career of the beloved CIA Director and the commanding general in Afghanistan instantly destroyed due to highly invasive and unwarranted… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
There's a little burst of creativity being director followed by lots and lots of meetings and talking to people and more meetings.… — Timothy Miller Copy Share Image
I walked around my apartment with food in my mouth asking myself: "How do I come up with this voice?" Then I… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
A choreographer deals with the movement that you create, and with a creative director it's about the story, the stage, the lighting,… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
Guy Ritchie is the worst screenwriter in the world, but, to be fair, he is not the worst director. He is only… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
I think comedy directors tend to feel a need to justify the bad behavior, and I just never think that. I like… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
The choice that you really have is that you can go and work for TV which is so badly paid that you… — Robert Schwentke Copy Share Image
In my experience, directors who are the most comfortable with themselves and confident in their work give you and everybody on the… — Sarah Gadon Copy Share Image
I make it a point to speak to the directors and tell them why I don't want to do a particular role… — Atul Kulkarni Copy Share Image
Every day is still exciting. I have like a very good system worked out with my editor. Some directors are in there… — Nicholas Stoller Copy Share Image
Let's say [Warren Beatty] wants you to speak louder in a scene. He won't stop playing the role and say to you… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Id be lying if I said Hollywood wasnt still an ambition; its everyones, isnt it? Youre getting paid very well, youre working… — Max Beesley Copy Share Image
I've never like had a system or a program, I always think that I don't know how to act. I'll adapt to… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
I think you have to be scared every morning that you go out to shoot, or you lose your edge. With actors,… — Susanna White Copy Share Image
I've always thought that as long as directors and casting directors don't see me as just Harry Potter, I'll be OK. People… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
The producer can put something together, package it, oversee it, give input. I'm the kind of producer that likes to take a… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
The other, the other aspect when I say I'm an actor is that as an actor you make this imaginative leap into… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
I'm not imprisoned in any one medium. In films I use techniques that are not necessarily what other directors attempt. When I… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
We had a work session [in "Moneyball"] where about 30 scouts came in and we're all riffing. And after it, [director] Bennett… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
The ideal set-up would be the story man, the director, and the layout man, as well as musician, operating as a sort… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
People often ask me if I feel discriminated against as a black female director. I don't. I'm actually offered a ton of… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
Favourite directors change, like favorite authors. I had a passion for Gide and Stein and Faulkner. But now they're no use to… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I have written screenplays. Most recently for Errol Morris, who was thinking about doing his first fiction movie, and with a young… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
I try to attach myself to people who really inspire me, and directors who are really passionate. That way, I can give… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
As a director who does not like to write, I am always looking for scripts that I can contribute to through directing.… — Jen McGowan Copy Share Image
The best directors leave you alone. If they've cast you in the part, hopefully they believe you have the gumption to interpret… — Brenda Fricker Copy Share Image
![“I didn't really know who [Dario Argento] was at the time. I know him now, obviously. But I went in to be an extra on the movie [Two Evil Eyes], and he saw me sitting out waiting to meet the casting director, and he pulled my mother and I into a separate conference room.” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/julie-benz-7666_casting_i-didn-t-really-know-who-dario-argento-w_1898820.jpg)
![“[ Oval House] director, Peter Oliver, gave you the right to fail. He had a philosophy that came from Winston Churchill that you go from failure to failure with enthusiasm. So Peter gave us a go and that's how Ray [Hassett] and I ended up starting Sal's Meat Market at the Oval House.” quote by John Ratzenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/john-ratzenberger-11869_directors_oval-house-director-peter-oliver-gave-yo_2323753.jpg)
![“Let's say [Warren Beatty] wants you to speak louder in a scene. He won't stop playing the role and say to you as a director, "Will you speak louder on the next take?" He'll say it as Howard Hughes: "I can't totally hear you. Why don't you speak up a little bit?" To kind of keep this rhythm going.” quote by Alden Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/alden-ehrenreich-2752_beatty_let-s-say-warren-beatty-wants-you-to-spe_434969.jpg)
![“We had a work session [in "Moneyball"] where about 30 scouts came in and we're all riffing. And after it, [director] Bennett Miller said: Look at these faces and this is what we have to got to do. We got to get these guys in the scene.” quote by Brad Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/brad-pitt-1608_directors_we-had-a-work-session-in-moneyball-where_3172022.jpg)
