Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss. — Georg Solti
I remember once a vocational director said to Fang, "You must develop some mechanical skills - like getting out of bed." — Phyllis Diller
You are the executive director and screenwriter of your life. — Eric Thomas
I didn't want a guru or a kung fu master or a spiritual director. I didn't want to become a sorcerer or learn the zen… — Daniel Quinn
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor, however powerful, has… — Joseph Weizenbaum
I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct… — Anthony Minghella
Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered. — Anthony Minghella
I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director. — Bette Davis
No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit — Paramahansa Yogananda
Time management is a big part of the director's job. — Debbie Allen
Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director… — Satyajit Ray
My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director. — Edward Tufte
I had no plans to be a director. — Mike Figgis
Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control. — Tom Perrotta
The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film. — Shirley Knight
I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the… — Mel Smith
I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium. — Christopher Eccleston
The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was… — Johnny Weissmuller
I suppose as an actor you become very sensitive to rhythm, not just rhythm as you look at it sort of from the, from the… — Simon McBurney
The other, the other aspect when I say I'm an actor is that as an actor you make this imaginative leap into being somebody else,… — Simon McBurney
In the theatre, the actor is in total control. The director wasn't in the house last night, the designer wasn't there, the author's dead. It's… — Ian Mckellen
The fun for me is knowing what the other person is saying and what my character would be thinking at that time. On the stage… — Barry Nelson
The Actor should make you forget the existence of author and director, and even forget the actor. — Paul Scofield
The director is responsible for interpreting the playwright's work through the cast with the help of the staff. It is the director's artistic concept of… — Laurence Sterne
The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily a group effort.… — Laurence Sterne

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