Cinema Quote by Daniel Day-Lewis

I think that what a lot of people tell you, a lot of the job of the director is having an opinion about everything.

— Etan Cohen

A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at work and…

— James Franco

I think when you make a movie, one of your main focuses as a director is to inspire everyone else to give their best.…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script,…

— Robert Wise

I think people direct good films when they feel personal to them, not because it's a famous book or something. It has to something…

— Salman Rushdie

What a director really does is set the emotional temperature and the mood and the level, amount, or lack of, distance between the action…

— James Gray

The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of…

— Felicity Jones

I judge my film choices based on the director, and then I see how much the story has affected me when I read it…

— Taapsee Pannu

Everything a director does must help the story and the performances. Otherwise, it is useless.

— William Wyler

To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie.

— Peter Sarsgaard

For me, it's important that a movie is the congregate of all art forms, from writing to art composition to music to performing. Trying…

— Mick Garris

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.

— Shirley Knight