Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director. — Gary Sinise
Become the director, producer, choreographer of your own story — Deepak Chopra
Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting. — Swoosie Kurtz
The first thing I ask when Im offered a part is, Whos the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles. — Swoosie Kurtz
I'm a person of the arts. I love the arts very, very, very much. And ah, I'm a musician, I'm a director, I'm a writer,… — Michael Jackson
But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working… — Olivier Martinez
A movie has its own fate, which often doesn’t depend on the performances of the director and actors. — Zhang Ziyi
I don't have a director. The audience directs me. — Hal Holbrook
I love working with new directors. There's so much drive and effort. It still comes down to the character for me, but if it's a… — Pauley Perrette
A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have. — Natasha Richardson
Sirk was every womans dream of a director. — Dorothy Malone
On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take… — Greta Scacchi
As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are. — Bryan Cranston
Clint Eastwood is an extraordinary director because he knows the value of a buck. He knows where it will show on the screen. — Angela Lansbury
I don't think a director should have any kids. I don't even think it's good for your physical health. Even guys in their 30s look… — Tom Berenger
But that's not what an actor does. An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time… — Andy Serkis
I had great luck with Tim McGraw twice in 'Friday Night Lights' and 'The Kingdom.' I love finding off-beat casting and finding someone you know… — Peter Berg
Some call me director, producer, filmmaker. I prefer to call myself pube-king. — John Waters
I think you have to have different tools for each job - you know producer is very different from a director and very different from… — Renee O'Connor
I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that every bit of… — Dwight Yoakam
I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera move. — Matthew Gray Gubler
In Hitchcocks eyes the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera. He was a… — Bruce Dern
I will one day be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of The Brown Bunny. — Roger Ebert
The movie Ed Wood, about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for Stargate. — Roger Ebert
I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and then I got this call from a casting director in Los Angeles. She remembered me… — Scott Speedman

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