Cinema Quote by David Slade

You always have to figure out what the director is good at before you work with them; then you can fill in if need…

— Stellan Skarsgard

As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. That's the point of my…

— David Slade

As a director you want to show the truth of people and sometimes that's unflattering, or it's not something that people want to see.

— Julian Jarrold

I think that's the key to being a director: to be able to get the shot and move on quickly.

— Bobby Farrelly

The directing thing, to do it well, I think you have to have a hell of a lot more discipline than I do, or…

— Janeane Garofalo

When you're the director, you kinda do all the work.

— Brett Ratner

The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who…

— Roman Coppola

You want to give the director what they want, and you don't always know exactly how it goes, so you want to try it…

— Finn Wittrock

As a director, you're given a tremendous apparatus to work with, and very great talents are available to you.

— William Monahan

I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

As a director, your job is to make sure no one for any reason is taken out of the film. Sometimes it's impossible and…

— Cary Fukunaga

I think, to be a director, sometimes you need to have certain hunches - you have to believe in some gut feeling.

— Wong Kar-wai