Able Quote by Akira Kurosawa

I like to work with directors where you feel they make the movies not for the audience, but make them for themselves. They don't…

— Udo Kier

No matter what you're doing, if you're trying to make a movie, you need to be working with people that are really good and…

— Ben Affleck

There are lots of people that make movies. It's not just the director.

— Paul Bettany

First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies, because I…

— John Frankenheimer

I always say to people when I'm trying to get something going, bringing on other producers or other directors, "You can think of 95…

— Ridley Scott

I have to say that whatever decisions I make, I really do think that movie making is a director's medium. They are the people…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I know some directors get very involved in trailers and posters. Some even cut their own. I stay completely away from it. I just…

— Alex Garland

As an actor on a film, you have no control over the final product - your job is to make a director's vision come…

— Maya Hawke

As somebody who makes his living in the movie business and wants to contribute to it, I think that the best chance I have…

— Matt Damon

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the…

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jordan Peele

I'll put it this way: with the kind of films that I do - creatively driven, with interesting directors and writers - I don't…

— Jack Reynor