Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

With technology you can now be your own record company, director, producer, etc. If you have talent, you can display it on the Internet and… — Romeo Miller
The last thing a director needs is an actress who feels an ownership towards a particular character. — Romola Garai
I really want to meet and work with JJ Abrams. Everyone talks about what a nice director he is, and he has kids and stuff,… — Ty Simpkins
A director should not define everything. For me, the movie is a form of a question I pose to the others or to the audience.… — Kim Ki-duk
A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs; a director can finish once he or she has made five amazing… — Alber Elbaz
My instinct about a human being is paramount. For me, when a director has walked into my room or an assistant that I have hired,… — Karan Johar
An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer. You choreograph the moves and you let the director, cinematographer take into positioning their cameras. — Donnie Yen
A lecturer once told me I could never be a director. I was 16. I believed him. — Paddy Considine
My criteria for doing theater has always been slightly different than my criteria with movies, in that there are a lot of reasons to do… — Stephen Lang
I have been an art director, a book designer, a book-jacket designer and an interior designer. — Milton Glaser
You can be playing a line some way and the director wants you to change that, or you can disagree. But I always think that… — Ewan McGregor
I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would. — Chris Lowell
My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I heard the applause… — Christian Slater
I think the grandfather of the set is the director. He needs to have authority, to do what people want. A warm grandfather; he needs… — Jacqueline Bisset
Because acting was my only professional outlet, I put a ton of pressure on the roles that I did. I overstepped my bounds, I tried… — James Franco
I think Ang Lee is a very, very talented director. He used martial arts to talk about love and girl, you know... But Zhang Yimou… — Jet Li
If you want to keep on being relevant as a director, I think you have to embrace the times. And with the times come technologies… — Alfonso Cuaron
My mother was an actress and a director, as well. And my father was a playwright and poet. — Maximilian Schell
The man who raised me is black. Culturally, he made me who I am. He was a theatre director, so he also guided me artistically. — Vin Diesel
Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director. — John Lasseter
A great director or leader knows his people, creates a great team, and then makes a great movie that can influence millions more than the… — Warren G. Bennis
I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this action entertainer. I am… — Uday Kiran
I love working with Darren Lynn Bousman. He is such a cool director with really great ideas. — Alexa Vega
My dad is an art director for BBC TV shows, and my mum does screen printing workshops. Both of my parents played instruments, too, and… — King Krule
There was a time when I desperately wanted to be part of a Yash Chopra film, not because he was a great director, but because… — Katrina Kaif

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