Actor Quote by Andy Serkis

I think when you pay attention to the shots, you're aware of the fact that there's a director. Really, it's the director's job to…

— Jason Reitman

Scenes change while shooting. Nowadays, while you're shooting the movie, you're cutting at the same time.

— Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr

As a director, when you cut scenes from a movie, you do it with the idea that it is making the story move forward…

— Catherine Hardwicke

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision,…

— Donnie Yen

As soon as you're finished shooting, you have to go into the edit room and choose all of the shots that you're going to…

— Richard LaGravenese

Sometimes you see things in a script, and it doesn't necessarily mean the director sees the same things. And if you think you're going…

— Michael Sheen

When you're working on a film, it's not always finished visually, what you're looking at.

— Lorne Balfe

In films, you have to follow the director's vision. Filmmaking is a director's medium. So everything happens as per the script and his vision.

— Amit Trivedi

Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I…

— Peter Weir

Every single director stops at the moment he thinks he has the shot. Sometimes, directors shoot an establishing shot where everything is in the…

— Javier Camara

Directing is kind of like acting through other people. You see moments and you see things and if you don't see the actors hit…

— Malik Yoba

People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.

— Julianne Moore