Directors Quote by Curtis Hanson

I've always adored the filmmaker Sam Fuller. The first time I watched 'Shock Corridor' was such a magnificent discovery. I love his lack of…

— Lisa Lutz

It was also a new role for me as a writer, because I wanted to just be there to serve Sam. I recognized that…

— Curtis Hanson

I believe Sam Peckinpah is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and I hold him in high regard.

— Rod Lurie

For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.

— Sidney Lumet

Those are the movies that we [with Evan Goldberg] always wanted to make. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, the kind of movies where violence and…

— Seth Rogen

Any movie's only as good as the director.

— Woody Harrelson

It always surprises me when I see the director's versions of films released separately, long after the film's theatrical run.

— Sonia Braga

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

— Jean Renoir

No matter how many films a filmmaker makes, there would be very few films that are truly great, where he has got everything right.

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

I remember finding out that the same person made all of these different movies that I love. 'Thelma & Louise' and 'Alien' were made…

— Fred Hechinger

Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another…

— Dirk Benedict

I can't tell you how many incredible directors I long to work with, but then I look at their IMDb page, and they haven't…

— Jessica Chastain