Best Quote by Amrita Rao

When I was doing music videos, everybody was very snobbish about music video directors doing commercials. It was all guys from ad agencies.

— David Slade

I spent a long time trying to make it in the commercial world hoping that commercials would then lead to movies. That was a…

— Dan Trachtenberg

When I started trying to become a director, I started shooting low budget short films, 50-dollar music videos, making my own stuff. That eventually…

— Ruben Fleischer

I've spent over 25 years in the television industry, the direct response industry. I met a lot of people and certainly learned the power…

— Kevin Harrington

I haven't done many commercials, and I'm very picky about it because it comes down to creative control.

— Billy Eichner

I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as…

— Steve Buscemi

I like to do commercials that are more than just flogging a product. It needs to have something to say. It's always an opportunity…

— John Hillcoat

I gotta tell, that's one of the things in Hollywood that has not been a barrier. I've gotten lots of offers, and I did…

— John Leguizamo

A lot of the commercials that I was doing were very slice-of-life, emotional, documentary-style, not big and cinematic and ultimately like the kind of…

— Dan Trachtenberg

I didn't really like doing commercials. You had to behave like you were on angel dust or something.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I do many commercials. All of them are interesting in their own ways.

— Sayani Gupta

I would love to keep directing commercials. I love it so much. I love working with brands and ad agencies and old white men…

— Milana Vayntrub