Able Quote by Bob Balaban

The director can be a dictator, but it's not wise to be. You have to choose the days to be a dictator and the…

— Rza

The truth is, it's a totalitarian dictatorship when you're making films. You are the boss. You can listen to other people, and it can…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I think to be a good director you have to be a good person and you have to care about people.

— Kristen Stewart

I've heard directing talked about as being a benign dictatorship, and I think that's probably the best way a director should be. They're open…

— Felicity Jones

When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.

— Barkhad Abdi

There's nothing worse than a director that keeps changing their mind. Because, unlike the directors I work with, I'm not decisive at all.

— Cliff Martinez

When you have a good director, everything is taken care of.

— Manisha Koirala

When you have a good director, it's just wonderful.

— Sarita Choudhury

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

— Paddy Considine

When you're really working well with a director then you can be as outrageous as you like and so can he. And there's no…

— John Hurt

You either are a good director or you're not.

— Rebecca Hall

I realized why directors are such horrible people - in a way - because you want things to be right, and people will just…

— George Lucas