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title: "3 Craig Gillespie Quotes - Famous Commercial director"
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# Craig Gillespie

(1967)   Commercial Director

 **3** quotes in **21** categories

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Craig Gillespie is a commercial director.

## Quick Facts About Craig Gillespie

Born September 1, 1967

Profession Commercial Director

## About Craig Gillespie

Australian film director... \| Craig Gillespie is an Australian-American film, television, music video, and commercial director. He is best known for directing the films Lars and the Real Girl (2007), Fright Night (2011), I, Tonya (2017), and Cruella (2021).

##  Quotes by Craig Gillespie

> [Everybody is talking and everybody is trying to block things out, but eventually you just yell, "Action!," everybody starts moving, the camera…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-gillespie/everybody-is-talking-and-everybody-is-trying-to-block-things-out-but/)

[Craig Gillespie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-gillespie/)

[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/craig-gillespie-84148_action_everybody-is-talking-and-everybody-is-tr_955464.jpg)

> [I do tend to have characters that I guess are in some way loners or dealing with obstacles that they have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-gillespie/i-do-tend-to-have-characters-that-i-guess-are-in-some-way-loners-or/)

[Craig Gillespie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-gillespie/)

[Better person](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-person/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/craig-gillespie-84148_better-person_i-do-tend-to-have-characters-that-i-gues_1655133.jpg)

> [I love when there's an obstacle to overcome, even for the audience to actually empathize with that character. I find that interesting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-gillespie/i-love-when-there-s-an-obstacle-to-overcome-even-for-the-audience-to/)

[Craig Gillespie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-gillespie/)

[Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/craig-gillespie-84148_audience_i-love-when-there-s-an-obstacle-to-overc_2539023.jpg)

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