Directors Quotes

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I feel very, very grateful. I'm a lucky guy, you need a lot of luck, and then when the cameras roll, you have to have… — Brad Garrett
By every measure, John Kennedy's sex life was compulsive and reckless. At one level, it had clear public consequences. Knowledge of Kennedy's behavior gave FBI… — Jeff Greenfield
Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be… — Maggie Gyllenhaal
You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe… — Maggie Gyllenhaal
A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when working with a director who knows little tricks - correct… — Matthew Gray Gubler
The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense… — Jason Alexander
The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it, so when I sat down with my agents after I was ready… — Jessica Alba
There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors. — Judd Apatow
Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him. — Leon Askin
Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale of our work,… — Michael Apted
My husband's a director, so he understands what I do. — Sasha Alexander
And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always the… — David Benioff
I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a… — Danny Elfman
So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their ball… — Danny Elfman
I don't know a single collector or museum director who says: 'Oh, he's on a list, so I think I'll buy something of his.' The… — Olafur Eliasson
It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors. — Omar Epps
A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts. — Omar Epps
Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have… — R. Lee Ermey
I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relationship in trying to do that, is such a weird,… — Rupert Friend
I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema. — Antoine Fuqua
Directors are never in short supply of girlfriends. — Bob Fosse
Audiences are harder to please if you're just giving them effects, but they're easy to please if it's a good story. — Steven Spielberg
I have always credited the writer of the original material above the title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Bram Stoker's Dracula, or John Grisham's The Rainmaker.… — Francis Ford Coppola
There is no point in having sharp images when you've fuzzy ideas. — Jean-Luc Godard
Once you crack the script, everything else follows. — Ridley Scott

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