Director Quotes

1304 Director quotes by 970 unique authors

When I was very young I wanted to be a professional horseback rider. Then I wanted to be a pop singer. Then I wanted to… — Rebecca De Mornay
As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try a lot of… — Ansel Elgort
I've learnt so much from every film and every director - a new perspective, a greater appreciation of the art. — Sally Menke
I particularly remember the time I gave (the research director) my paper on the banking industry. I felt very proud of my work. However, he… — Stanley Druckenmiller
The idea of making audiences feel like they matter, that the theatre matters, and that they're a partner in the event—that's what fuels me as… — Diane Paulus
In Europe, Henk Tennekes was dismissed as research director of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Society after questioning the scientific underpinnings of global warming. — Richard Lindzen
The Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki once stated, 'International cultural exchange is impossible - therefore we must try.' I agree with all my heart. The impossibility… — Anne Bogart
Every decent director has only one subject, and finally only makes the same film over and over again. My subject is the exploitability of feelings,… — Rainer Werner Fassbinder
With acting I am being led by the script, other actors, the director, etc. But with songwriting I feel it is much more self reliant… — Helen Slater
Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director. — Dennis Farina
I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds… — Dennis Farina
In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression. — Bela Lugosi
Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them… — Edmund Burke
It's either because of the number of times the scholar puts the boot into Peter Jackson the director of The Lord of the Rings films… — Terry Pratchett
I'm doing a little consulting. I'm somewhat retired, still a director of a company or two. — Jack Kilby
Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director — David Mamet
I am the best film director in the world. — Lars von Trier
And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own private war against the Clinton Administration. — Sidney Blumenthal
My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and… — Paul Thomas Anderson
For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident. — Sidney Lumet
I am not a master-class director. I am not a teacher. I am a coach. I dont have a methodology. Each actor is different. And… — Sam Mendes
I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought I should change my approach, but… — Wes Anderson
With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with… — Akira Kurosawa
During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the… — Akira Kurosawa
Voyeurism is a director's job description. It's an artist's, too. — Andy Warhol

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