Cinema Quote by Andre Balazs

(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or a line.

— Ben Affleck

There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.

— Salman Khan

By the time a writer comes onto a project (if they're being hired as a contractor) the main character has usually been designed, as…

— Rhianna Pratchett

Stories choose directors, I guess.

— Kabir Khan

I knew I wanted to make a movie that looked decadent and expensive. I knew we would have to make every penny stretch and…

— Amma Asante

As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're…

— Jonah Hill

I do whatever the directors and writers ask me to do.

— Brahmanandam

I'm not only a writer, but have directed and produced, know the difficulties of the line producer, can deal with the studio, can talk…

— John Lee Hancock

Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to fill it…

— Christopher McQuarrie

You need the words, you need the script, you need the material, you need the commitment, you need the passion, it's like we depend…

— Nia Long

The truth is that when writing a TV show or a film you are a part of a team. And though you might be…

— Jesse Armstrong