Directors Quotes

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I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script… — Preston Sturges
Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it. — Sam Waterston
Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an… — Zhang Ziyi
Most actors go, I read the script and fell in love with it; I fall in love with the directors. — Sam Worthington
Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in… — Douglas Sirk
Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you. — Samantha Morton
It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust. — Ewan McGregor
Mankiewicz was a brilliant director. — Richard Widmark
I get crushes on directors because they are so brilliant. — Dorothy Malone
I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me -… — David Prowse
My agent in Sweden used to send off interview tapes but I decided to take it upon myself and come to London to visit casting… — Alicia Vikander
Today's president, CEO or managing director needs to be a disruptive influence with imagination, vision, and courage to lead the organization into new and dangerous… — Paul Sloane
You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on! — Peter Falk
Obviously, if a director doesn't communicative a clear, relevant vision of the material, it will not succeed no matter how good the material. — Tom Skerritt
[The director's idea for the film was:] A young American or English girl goes to Tuscany to visit English expatriates. She is on a mission… — Susan Minot
Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director was someone who… — Terrence McNally
There's this sense of being strange, which is at the heart of every creative person. Every writer, every actor, every director knows who Ripley is.… — Anthony Minghella
The first time I went over to [my director's] house, he said to me, This is a very strange play. I was pleased that he… — Suzan-Lori Parks
No athletic director holds office longer than two losing football coaches. — Robert Zuppke
A director's job is to make something happen and it doesn't happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people, you tell them… — James Cameron
I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor. — Jonathan Frakes
I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors. — Jonathan Frakes
Michael Brown, the director of FEMA, was nominated by President Bush in 2003 and plans to start the job any day now. ... Prior to… — Jon Stewart
The Dead was cool, It's a great horror story. I went to the casting director of this movie and talked to him, then they called… — Matthew McGrory
My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer. — Orson Scott Card

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