Directors Quote by Charles Durning Download Open image “I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director.” — Charles Durning ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Directors Producers Turned down
Doing musicals and theatrical productions, I never did any of my hits. — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
I'd like to have a decade of my life back. I dropped into a void for almost a decade. — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
You're out there on a high wire without a net, and that's the way actors operate. They have to be fearless about how they… — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
I was born looking older - and I've been aging since I was a teenager. — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet.… — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie… — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for… — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
You make the money in movies and TV so you can do theater. I do a play a year... somewhere. — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked… — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes. — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
A successful director is someone who has the combination of skills that you can learn, but there's also an intuitive sensibility that they bring… — Rick Heinrichs Copy Share Image
When you're the director and the writer, you never have to remember your lines, and there's no one to call you on it. On… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
David Cronenberg is the most provocative, original, and consistently excellent North American director of his generation. — J. Hoberman Copy Share Image
Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's… — Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself. — Taylor Hackford Copy Share Image
I was in good shape from Divergent. Damien Chazelle, the director of Whiplash told me, ‘Stop Working Out! Don’t go outside!’ He wanted me… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
I had a very blessed journey with the upbringing I had. When you're working on sets as a stuntman, you have a firsthand account… — Ric Roman Waugh Copy Share Image
Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't have any… — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
I was focused on The Hunger Games movie with my director, with the studio, and with the cast and crew. We all just focused… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image