--- title: "1 Like Director Quotes By Ol Parker" description: "1 Like Director quotes by Ol Parker. Plus more from Ol Parker and more Like Director sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/ol-parker-16489_blind_i-hired-people-who-would-help-me-you-kno_2277192.jpg" --- > [I hired people who would help me, you know, like a director of photography who wouldn't blind me with jargon about ratios and pull-downs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/i-hired-people-who-would-help-me-you-know-like-a-director-of/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/ol-parker-16489_blind_i-hired-people-who-would-help-me-you-kno_2277192.jpg) ## More by Ol Parker > ['It could be better' is the only thing that anyone should write in the margins of their own script.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/it-could-be-better-is-the-only-thing-that-anyone-should-write-in-the/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [Meryl's Donna embodied the spirit of ABBA and 'Mamma Mia!' in the first film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/meryl-s-donna-embodied-the-spirit-of-abba-and-mamma-mia-in-the-first/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [And Cher, obviously, can never do anything other than go for it. She's all in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/and-cher-obviously-can-never-do-anything-other-than-go-for-it-she-s/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [Before you turn 40 you think, 'everyone else is going to die, but not me,' then you realize death is certain for everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/before-you-turn-40-you-think-everyone-else-is-going-to-die-but-not-me/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [I have two girls and one is now nearly a teenager - it is terrifying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/i-have-two-girls-and-one-is-now-nearly-a-teenager-it-is-terrifying/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > ['Dancing Queen' was the hardest to pull off, all those boats and all those people dancing around the street with boats coming around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/dancing-queen-was-the-hardest-to-pull-off-all-those-boats-and-all/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [I wrote the 'Marigold Hotel' series and with the first one, people hated it in the U.K. but in America they really liked it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/i-wrote-the-marigold-hotel-series-and-with-the-first-one-people-hated/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [I have a brilliant memory of being driven back to school when 'Super Trouper' was number one in the charts in 1980. When it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/i-have-a-brilliant-memory-of-being-driven-back-to-school-when-super/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [You can only shoot in India for three months a year, otherwise it's very inhospitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/you-can-only-shoot-in-india-for-three-months-a-year-otherwise-it-s/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [There's a sports saying, if you aren't playing offense, you're playing defense, so if you are coming back for a sequel not be better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/there-s-a-sports-saying-if-you-aren-t-playing-offense-you-re-playing/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [Richard Curtis has an encyclopedic knowledge of ABBA, which defeats even mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/richard-curtis-has-an-encyclopedic-knowledge-of-abba-which-defeats/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [It's the easiest thing in the world, when you're 80, to not go to India to make a movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/it-s-the-easiest-thing-in-the-world-when-you-re-80-to-not-go-to-india/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [The greatest moment of all was her on set, and she said, 'Would you mind if you change the order of the phrase?' Maggie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/the-greatest-moment-of-all-was-her-on-set-and-she-said-would-you-mind/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [Look, I'd take a suggestion from my grandmother if I thought it would improve a film I was writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/look-i-d-take-a-suggestion-from-my-grandmother-if-i-thought-it-would/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) > [I wrote a film for Tom Hanks and I wrote two films for Paul Greengrass that didn't actually happen. The paradox is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/i-wrote-a-film-for-tom-hanks-and-i-wrote-two-films-for-paul/) [Ol Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ol-parker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-director/ol-parker/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Director Quotes By Ol Parker", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I hired people who would help me, you know, like a director of photography who wouldn't blind me with jargon about ratios and pull-downs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ol Parker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ol-parker/i-hired-people-who-would-help-me-you-know-like-a-director-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/ol-parker-16489_blind_i-hired-people-who-would-help-me-you-kno_2277192.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/ol-parker-16489_blind_i-hired-people-who-would-help-me-you-kno_2277192.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/ol-parker-16489_blind_i-hired-people-who-would-help-me-you-kno_2277192.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I hired people who would help me, you know, like a director of photography who wouldn't blind me with jargon…” — Ol Parker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-director/ol-parker/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-director/ol-parker/", "name": "Like Director Quotes by Ol Parker", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-director/ol-parker/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/ol-parker-16489_blind_i-hired-people-who-would-help-me-you-kno_2277192.jpg" }, "description": "1 Like Director quotes by Ol Parker. 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