Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also… — Steve Martin
With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy… — George R. R. Martin
When I was a crusade director in British Columbia, all of our meetings were at 9:03. Somebody said 'That's ridiculous. Why did you do that?'… — Josh McDowell
To me it's like, every time I'm a director, like today, you're the captain of the ship, so you better dress like it. You're the… — Mike Mills
The director, of course, was Bob Fosse. But again, I worked with my father to prepare for the role. — Liza Minnelli
I get involved with projects based on three parameters - the script, the actors involved and the director. — Dominic Monaghan
Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me when the director… — Marilyn Monroe
In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting. — Viggo Mortensen
I suppose a good director is like a teacher. I think that someone like David Cronenberg was very much like a teacher, because there's an… — Viggo Mortensen
Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension of childhood play...… — Viggo Mortensen
When I make a movie, I don't break it down and analyze it. I could but it would get in the way of doing a… — Viggo Mortensen
I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You… — Liam Neeson
When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or… — Jack Nicholson
The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing. — Robert De Niro
You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole… — Robert De Niro
Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On… — Gary Oldman
I tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can… — Guy Pearce
I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point. — Sean Penn
What happens is things come to you - director, script - and if you respond to it, it's because it's tapping into some part of… — Sean Penn
I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller. — Tyler Perry
I love having a master. I have no problem serving my director. That's my job. I want to make them happy. — Joaquin Phoenix
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. — Cole Porter
I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to… — Natalie Portman
I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director. — Harold Prince
I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director. — Harold Prince

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