Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

We all have hierarchies at work - even on set, the runner would never walk up to the director and ask for a cup of… — Laura Carmichael
It is awkward to see a director on the screen. — Shekhar Kapur
Theatre has been a part of my life since before I can remember - my dad is also an actor and a director and a… — Seth Numrich
I think a good director is a good listener. — Denis Villeneuve
I never went to school for directing. I studied theater with a director. I followed plays to see how a director would talk to the… — Denis Villeneuve
Chris Nolan is an amazing director. — Tom Lister, Jr.
I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a great director. He… — Clint Eastwood
Schepisi is the sort of director who could, would, and frequently did phone me whenever he came across a textual problem. — Tom Stoppard
My dad was a low budget film director. I grew up as a kid making movies, based on the love of seeing what my dad… — Robert Stromberg
You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether you hit that… — Ciaran Hinds
A lot of the music editing job is communication and working out what a director really wants the music to be. — Steven Price
Matching character and actor is what a good director does. — Bruno Dumont
To say you want to be a director is to risk sounding obnoxious, pretentious, arrogant, and I think women are more fearful of sounding that… — Nicole Holofcener
In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role... if you are able to do a credible performance and touch the audience.… — Timothy Hutton
I would be a terrible director, I could never write anything. One of my great strengths is that I know all of my weaknesses. — Topher Grace
I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I… — R. Kelly
A director without a vision is a catastrophe. — Alan Arkin
Do you imagine Sergio Leone with a philosophy? Come on! He was a primitive of movies, a great director on set. — Luciano Vincenzoni
To be a director, you have to be especially patient. — Luciano Vincenzoni
As a producer, the most important call you can get is on Saturday morning, when the Friday-night grosses come in. As a director, you want… — Irwin Winkler
I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they… — Gillian Jacobs
I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from. — Ira Sachs
A lot of what I think I do as a director is try to give everything over to the actor. So I disappear. — Ira Sachs
It was a downriver 10-K in the mouth of the Amazon. I won in an hour and 20 minutes. It has to be one of… — Mark Warkentin
Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But maybe that keeps… — Ben Affleck

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