Directors Quotes

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Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras… — Satyajit Ray
I've had the opportunity to work with so many great directors. Different styles, as well, like Gus Van Sant. He just does the casting and… — Keanu Reeves
The truth is that filmmaking is not really an actor's medium; it's really a director's medium, so all I can really control is the character… — John C. Reilly
Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as… — Jason Reitman
'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in. — Jason Reitman
Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel. — Jason Reitman
Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes happen, accidents happen… — Jason Reitman
And as a director, you make 1,000 decisions a day, mostly binary decisions: yes or no, this one or that one, the red one or… — Jason Reitman
I'd done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. Why couldn't we do these for other classic… — Jason Reitman
I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the editing room. I… — Jason Reitman
I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say,… — Jason Reitman
Any great director is also someone who is incredibly intelligent about whom they hire around them. — Ryan Reynolds
The more that I can work in different mediums, the more I can grow, and learn from different actors and different types of actors and… — Christina Ricci
The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.' — Alan Rickman
The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out creating songs, but… — Kid Rock
I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am. — ASAP Rocky
Lucio Fulci is such a massively underrated director. Everyone knows him as the Godfather of Gore. — Eli Roth
When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director. — Eli Roth
I love westerns. John Ford is one of the 10 best directors. — Winona Ryder
When museums are built these days, architects, directors, and trustees seem most concerned about social space: places to have parties, eat dinner, wine-and-dine donors. Sure,… — Jerry Saltz
Two-thirds of the directors at the New York Fed are hand-picked by the same bankers that the Fed is in charge of regulating. — Bernie Sanders
If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all. — Gus Van Sant
As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes. — Marjane Satrapi
One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors. — Jessica Savitch
Directing, I just feel comfortable. I know what I want. I know what I want from my crew. I lead by example. I have limitless… — Ricky Schroder

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