Directors Quotes

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I remember once a vocational director said to Fang, "You must develop some mechanical skills - like getting out of bed." — Phyllis Diller
You are the executive director and screenwriter of your life. — Eric Thomas
I didn't want a guru or a kung fu master or a spiritual director. I didn't want to become a sorcerer or learn the zen… — Daniel Quinn
When we started talking to our actors and to our directors, this is with all due respect to the film, if you want to know… — Jeph Loeb
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor, however powerful, has… — Joseph Weizenbaum
I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct… — Anthony Minghella
Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered. — Anthony Minghella
The emotional, physical and aesthetic value of a sound is linked not only to the causal explanation we attribute to it but also to its… — Michel Chion
I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director. — Bette Davis
No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit — Paramahansa Yogananda
Time management is a big part of the director's job. — Debbie Allen
Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director… — Satyajit Ray
My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director. — Edward Tufte
I had no plans to be a director. — Mike Figgis
Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control. — Tom Perrotta
Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether partners or directors, are much… — Norman Foster
The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film. — Shirley Knight
I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the… — Mel Smith
Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors. — Ben Stiller
I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium. — Christopher Eccleston

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