Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world! — Mark Rydell
With Alien, because we always use a different director, each one kind of stands on its own. So I guess it's possible for them to… — Sigourney Weaver
The director is the channel through which a motion picture reaches the screen. — King Vidor
Let the child be the scriptwriter, the director and the actor in his own play. — Magda Gerber
As a director, I never feel that I have the answers. — Diane Paulus
My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America. — Diane Paulus
When you're a freelance director, you are hired to create the art, and it kind of stops there. — Diane Paulus
There are people who expect me to look the way I do on-screen, where I have a great director of photography and fantastic lighting. I'm… — Catherine Zeta-Jones
Sometimes the director will want you to write about the character, sometimes he'll want you to live in the location that the character is from… — Saoirse Ronan
I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It… — Vincent Cassel
My ideal role would be the lead in a film with a director that I really appreciate and admire. — Logan Lerman
In the year and a half I was on SNL, I never saw anybody ad lib anything. For a very good reason - the director… — Harry Shearer
When parents watch scientist after scientist describe the dangers of GM foods, I wouldn't want to be a stubborn food service director trying to stand… — Hunter Lovins
David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator.… — Chiwetel Ejiofor
I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in. When the director has a vision for a… — Josh Hartnett
I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies. — Sean Penn
Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in… — Judi Dench
You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much. — Charlotte Gainsbourg
Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment. — Scott Caan
In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time the directors don't… — Peter Mullan
I want to work with a director who becomes my brother, my father, for two months. You give yourself over to that person. — Jean Dujardin
I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the… — Tim Roth
Wayne Wang, the director, really helped me become a more mature actress. When I first started filming, I was really over the top. He just… — AnnaSophia Robb
Your crew becomes your family and you trust the director and the other actors on the set, and it's a very safe place. — Aleksa Palladino
Every film I've ever worked on, and that includes 'Braveheart' and 'Trainspotting,' I've always witnessed a director having a breakdown. Every director will have a… — Peter Mullan

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