Film Directors Quotes

24 Film Directors quotes by 22 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
All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own… — Francois Truffaut
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
Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast. — Yvonne Strahovski
A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them. It looks like… — Danny Boyle
It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves. — Alan Cumming
With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them. — Ken Adam
I never want to make a film. I don't wake up in the morning going, 'Ooh, I'd really love to be on set making a… — Stephen Daldry
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 am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires. — Park Chan-wook
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
All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose. — David Hockney
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
Most film directors do not come up with their own subjects or write their own screenplays. — Thomas Harrison

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