Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

I think soon after I became director of the CIA - President Obama pulled me into the Oval Office and said: 'Look, I just want… — Leon Panetta
My father was a film-maker. He always said he wanted to go like Humphrey Jennings, the legendary director who stepped backwards over a cliff while… — A. A. Gill
I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people. — Zoe Wanamaker
I have gone to Albany constantly in my capacity as budget director, because I don't think the way the transit authority works with the City… — Joe Lhota
Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head. — Julia Leigh
My junior year, I was in a play at school and five days before opening night, I still didn't know my lines. Opening night was… — Katie Leclerc
I'm just trying to find a good project. Work with a good director, someone I really admire. Find a good role. — Logan Lerman
A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day. — Melanie Laurent
I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character. — Melanie Laurent
Because I've made a film with such an amazing director as Tarantino, I'm much more conscious of working with good directors from now on, so… — Melanie Laurent
Every time a director calls me and says, 'If you practice a lot in two months, can you be an American?' And I always tell… — Melanie Laurent
You hope and pray that you'll get involved with a director that you understand and who has the same sensibility as you do and knows… — Matthew Modine
I'm a believer in trusting the director. — B. J. Novak
Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and… — B. J. Novak
I was lucky to have my wife as the art director, and it turned out to be quite something - a great success. I'm very… — Helmut Newton
The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around… — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
We are interested in stifling the sale of this book. We believe that this can be best accomplished by refusing to be stampeded into giving… — Madison Grant
I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on. — Dino De Laurentiis
Nobody taught Picasso how to paint - he learned for himself. And nobody can teach you to be a producer. You can learn the mechanics,… — Dino De Laurentiis
To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and… — Dino De Laurentiis
You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to the director who… — Anne Parillaud
I've enjoyed my time in the game, whether it be managing Luton in the top flight, taking Spurs to Wembley or, as director of football,… — David Pleat
I don't really care where I work, actually, because you know making a movie is like living in movie world. There's such a secluded world,… — Franka Potente
I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me,… — Pauley Perrette
George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go. — Richard Perle

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