Cinema Quote by Albert Brooks

I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor.

— Russell Crowe

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

— Patricia Clarkson

In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just going to…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

It was difficult every ten days having a new director. I'm a real collaborator and, as an actor, I want to be directed. It's…

— Jeanne Tripplehorn

I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in…

— Mel Smith

I never really saw myself as a comedy director, and I still don't. I see myself as a director.

— Melina Matsoukas

Earlier, in my career, I was part of many comedy films and not too happy with the work I got.

— Rimi Sen

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

— Kathryn Bigelow

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to…

— Anthony Minghella

My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.

— Orson Welles

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

— Antoine Fuqua

I thought I'd make a really great director because I'm an actor. Like, I thought I could really direct actors.

— Joseph Morgan