Directors Quotes

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My favorite parts of work as an actor and a director are those unplanned mistakes that do happen, because it's like catching lightning in a… — David Duchovny
I spent all my time on my movies worried that people were eating and that the schedule was being kept, so to have experts in… — Lena Dunham
I would love to work with Quentin Tarantino - he's my number one. My ultimate. I would love to work with Paul Thomas Anderson, Alexander… — Kirsten Dunst
But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those… — Robert Duvall
Sometimes directors will hire you and say, 'Oh, we love your work.' And then they start to tell you how to do it. I say,… — Robert Duvall
Blockbusters run the mainstream industry. We may never again have a decade like the 1970s, when directors were able to find such freedom. — Roger Ebert
It is universally agreed that Jean Renoir was one of the greatest of all directors, and he was also one of the warmest and most… — Roger Ebert
I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting… — R. Lee Ermey
For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban. — Julian Fellowes
As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how to just do… — Paul Feig
Every director should take an acting class. — Paul Feig
I love the pictures of Old Hollywood, seeing the directors dressed in suits and ties. Even the grips would be wearing ties. But the biggest… — Paul Feig
I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-actor. — Corey Feldman
Horror movies, man, the blood entails so much time. And horror movies are not fun; definitely not starting there as a director. Definitely not horror. — Corey Haim
I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker. — Conrad Hall
There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't. — Conrad Hall
Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that's… — Michael Haneke
Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes… — Michael Haneke
David Mamet we all know is a great screenplay writer and playwright and a great director. If you like him, you like him. If you… — Tom Hardy
I love Sam Mendes. He's a fantastic director. — Naomie Harris
I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire. — Josh Hartnett
I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to… — Salma Hayek
There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival. — Salma Hayek
They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was… — Salma Hayek
Because of 'The Birds' and 'Marnie' I was, as the expression goes, hot in Hollywood and producers and directors wanted to hire me. — Tippi Hedren

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