Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure. — Nicholas Meyer
I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to… — Natasha Richardson
The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television is extinct. Then there were gatekeepers, it was prohibitively expensive… — Tom Hooper
Photographers should make three or four prints from one negative and then crop them differently. When I was art director at Harper's Bazaar and at… — Alexey Brodovitch
And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography. — Gus Van Sant
The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood. — Tom Clancy
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. ... (when asked who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening') Rodgers and Hammerstein, if you can imagine… — Cole Porter
It is when music is added that a film can come to life for a director. A live orchestra, playing the score as a conductor… — Robert Paul Wolff
Raksin worked for Alfred Hitchcock, about whom one of the most famous Raksin anecdotes was spoken. The legendary director declared he wanted no music at… — Paul Zollo
On every movie I've done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don't envy them, at all. — Griffin Dunne
Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people… — Gordon Willis
When Shana Alexander interviewed me for Life magazine in 1952, she gave up after 4,000. At one time or another, I've worked for every studio… — David Sharp
I am a director because I believe in my own impulses and my own point of view, and that belief encourages me to tell stories… — Anna D. Shapiro
Frankly, I was extremely jealous of his scenes with Zoe Saldana and I think it's totally unfair that I never got to do that. I… — Leonard Nimoy
I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang… — Gerard Butler
And also, Sergio Leone was considered in Italy a director of category B, not a big director. — Claudia Cardinale
I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body. — David Wenham
My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation for anything you do, so… — Shuler Hensley
I ask a million questions, and I insist on having answers. I think that is what we have to do. I have to know what… — Mads Mikkelsen
I think of myself as a problem-solver. I want to go in and help the director and the writer to get the best they can… — Michael Emerson
The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor… — Kyle MacLachlan
I think Van Sant is the most important American director we have. He takes the most risks. He's just pure to me. — Michael Pitt
I’ve been an actor for 10 years now, and if anything I want to talk more about my dad. He taught me that even if… — Rafe Spall
Oh, what the hell did I know? I went to the set the first day in full makeup and the director told me to take… — Ava Gardner
After my screen test, the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled: “She can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!” — Ava Gardner

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