Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

Growing up the son of a director has made me very aware of the various turns that a directing career can take. Sometimes your films… — Jason Reitman
When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he… — Wynton Marsalis
My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my… — George Stigler
I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts. — Javier Bardem
The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it. — Jim Dale
I'd love to see the rushes but it's just not allowed because directors and also a lot of actors feel that if they see their… — Corey Haim
The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday,… — Victoria Abril
Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed. — Elia Kazan
Each picture has some sort of rhythm which only the director can give it. He has to be like the captain of a ship. — Fritz Lang
To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work. — Jessica Lange
The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing...it's why people tend to work together on many films over and over. — Sydney Pollack
Above all, a director has to be a good captain. — Charlton Heston
The best films are because of nobody but the director. — Roman Polanski
As a writer and director, I want to know what is behind the good manners and soft voice. Who is inside the silhouette? — Federico Fellini
Film’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid auteur theory again,… — Billy Wilder
Every Story is different, Every Movie is different, Every Director is different. — Marion Cotillard
I am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm. — Bernard Hinault
So I started to learn Russian and I was one of those probably way too eager, annoying young actor kids who was trying to change… — Jared Leto
When a filmmaker does not make films, it is as if he is jailed. Even when he is freed from the small jail, he finds… — Jafar Panahi
Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience. — Fanny Brice
You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director. — Clint Eastwood
The gyms you go to are crowded with guys trying to look like men, as if being a man means looking the way a sculptor… — Chuck Palahniuk
I think that's the key to being a director: to be able to get the shot and move on quickly. — Bobby Farrelly
A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself. — Francis Ford Coppola
The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come in and hopefully… — Hans Zimmer

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