Directors Quotes

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He was such a fabulous drama coach. What better person to have than Alfred Hitchcock? His work as a director was impeccable. I learned so… — Tippi Hedren
I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one. — Jonah Hill
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director. — Alfred Hitchcock
I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach. — Alfred Hitchcock
The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture. — Alfred Hitchcock
All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose. — David Hockney
Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are just a gun… — Philip Seymour Hoffman
I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do. — Philip Seymour Hoffman
I can't stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they don't like the… — Anthony Hopkins
I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I… — Anthony Hopkins
I don't think many actors are the best judge of careers. I think generally we have good instincts about what we can do in terms… — Hugh Jackman
I always say that I'm not the director, I'm part of the team. — Marc Jacobs
I like characters. I like spirited characters whether they exist in fiction or real life. Whether they're the invention of artistic people or directors, musicians.… — Marc Jacobs
As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what… — Gary Johnson
There's people constantly asking you for something on set, so the multi-tasking of motherhood transfers very well to being a director. And I think you're… — Angelina Jolie
I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid. — Tommy Lee Jones
No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others. — Tommy Lee Jones
I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual. — Elia Kazan
A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people. — Elia Kazan
A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do. — Elia Kazan
Cinema is a director's medium, so you're saying, 'What do you want?' Being an actor is about adapting - physically and emotionally. If that means… — Nicole Kidman
A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty. — Diane Kruger
Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on… — Akira Kurosawa
I've constantly done my best to get the best material I can get with the best directors I can get to direct me. — Ashton Kutcher
I wouldn't say I'm personally trying to transition from comedy into drama. I don't look at things like, 'Oh, I need to do a drama… — Ashton Kutcher

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