Film Director Quotes

21 Film Director quotes by 20 unique authors

I am the best film director in the world. — Lars von Trier
The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge… — Sergei Eisenstein
The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator. — Ken Loach
The great Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa said that to be an artist means never to avert your eyes. And that's the hardest thing, because… — Robert Olen Butler
In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a patient or as… — Vincent Canby
A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know… — Jean Renoir
You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director. — Clint Eastwood
The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable. — Trevor Nunn
The record producer is the music world's equivalent of a film director. — Phil Ramone
Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come until the premiere and the… — D W Griffith
I didn't have the problem of finding myself at 45 on the wrong course - I always wanted to be a film director. — Elia Kazan
I think doing something creative is the most important thing to me, and I think it's probably just good for the soul for anyone, whatever… — Ricky Gervais
I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic… — Park Chan-wook
A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people. — Elia Kazan
The writer must be a participant in the scene... like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work, and somehow… — Hunter S. Thompson
I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around. — Martin McDonagh
I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way. — Paul Verhoeven
In my career, I have played a gangster, an ex cop, a journalist and a film director. Yet, the label of a serial kisser refuses… — Emraan Hashmi
My dad was a low budget film director. I grew up as a kid making movies, based on the love of seeing what my dad… — Robert Stromberg
The first thing I put down on paper is a storyboard, like a film director. — Anthony Browne
I never wanted to be a film director but after this experience I really loved it. I would love to do more documentaries but it's… — Marc Singer

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