Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always. — Anne Archer
I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I'll have a chance to have some say in what gets… — Ben Affleck
I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if I like the story. — Elena Anaya
I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it, and I hope… — Stephen Chbosky
When I was in college, I had only one ambition that one day I would like to be a director. — Yash Chopra
When I was in college, my brother, B.R. Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in Bombay. He taught me filmmaking. What I… — Yash Chopra
I think it's very boring for a director to always do the same kind of movies. — Guillaume Canet
I would like you to consider the difference in the time from 1963 to date. The FBI, at that time, was headed by Mr. Hoover… — John Sherman Cooper
My very first news director said to me that it's better to be hated than to have viewers be neutral. — Julie Chen
I guess I am basically most comfortable when I'm alone. As a kid, I was very much a loner. I love long distance running and… — Kevin Conroy
I think the toughest thing about being an actor in a film is to be with a director who doesn't know what they want. And… — Ricky Jay
I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person based on the… — Marion Cotillard
I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director. — Patricia Clarkson
But at the same time, never having final cut before, I really learned an interesting thing for any studio executive who is reading this: that… — Griffin Dunne
I'm a curious person. I pursue things based on what sparks my interest. I'm not thinking about what role I play. I don't have to… — Roman Coppola
I'm a writer and director, and the movie I've seen a million times is 'Stardust Memories' by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling. — Roman Coppola
On 'Darjeeling,' I was on set every day and I acted as the second unit director and a producer on that film. I was there… — Roman Coppola
The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are… — Roman Coppola
Director Gary Ross has created an adaptation that is faithful in both narrative and theme, but he's also brought a rich and powerful vision of… — Suzanne Collins
I think with the smaller-scale projects, the burden for success falls more squarely on the shoulders of the actors and the director and the script. — Alexis Denisof
I think of myself as a meat-and-potatoes kind of director. — Stanley Donen
Obviously in Art of Noise, I'm just part of the group, and when I do film scores, it's always in collaboration with the director and… — Anne Dudley
If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The… — Brad Dourif
I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director. — Charles Durning
I don't even know if I can call myself a director. — Charles S. Dutton

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