Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

To me the director’s job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally. — Steven Soderbergh
I thoroughly enjoyed working on Enemy of the State. Tony Scott is an important director, and has an amazing ability to express himself, and he… — Trevor Rabin
It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one. — Trevor Rabin
Not at all, I wanted to go into medicine. I took science in college. But my dad was a Producer - Director in Kannada films,… — Soundarya
Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's not my personality.… — Jodie Foster
It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on discovering the source… — Peter Brook
A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know… — Jean Renoir
The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create.… — William Friedkin
When I accept a role, I feel that as an artist I have to submit completely to the tutelage of my director. And while I… — Ashley Judd
I've worked on shows where the lead actor doesn't know their lines, doesn't care, and it affects everybody - the crew, the director, the other… — Tatiana Maslany
I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation. — Dustin Hoffman
The challenge to me as a director was for the audience to see the film as going on in a straight line, so that they… — Pedro Almodovar
The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues. — George Clooney
When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process. — Oliver Stone
My job as artistic director at the Brighton digital agency Lighthouse is all about trying to show that digital culture is about more than just… — Honor Harger
I mean, I've sold all these scripts and nothing's been made. Studios have closed, stars have died. I had a director find Jesus. And the… — Bruce Vilanch
She has never messed up a single take yet. Recently I was in a scene and there was a table covered with a cloth. When… — Jack Lemmon
It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first… — Antoine Fuqua
IN THE CINEMA A DIRECTOR EXPRESSES HIS INDIVIDUALITY FIRST AND FOREMOST THROUGH HIS SENSE OF TIME, THROUGH RHYTHM. RHYTHM GIVES COLOUR TO A WORK BY… — Andrei Tarkovsky
When you're artistic director of a program, you present the music you want to present. — Stanley Crouch
It is only the untalented director who imagines him or herself in every part, wants his or her own thoughts and emotions portrayed; it is… — Liv Ullmann
You have to write a good score that you feel good about. At least, you're supposed to. But, if the director hates it, it ain't… — Danny Elfman
A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct, & with my final nod, Utah will use most extreme power & execute a killer. Mourn… — Mark Shurtleff
Two days later, two days before Christmas, I am judged fat and sane enough to be kicked out of the hospital. The plan to send… — Laurie Halse Anderson
That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people. — Ray Harryhausen

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