Cinema Quote by Donnie Yen

The concept of making a movie in which the director dictates is kind of exotic - and absolutely not truthful. Directing means allowing a…

— Luca Guadagnino

The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the…

— Mike Nichols

As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're…

— Jonah Hill

When you direct a film, everything should be about the story and nothing else.

— Esra Saydam

As the director, you have to hold in your head the widest possible vision. Not just the idea and the story, but the conceptual…

— Sally Potter

There's no one way to direct a movie, other than it has to be personal, and it has to come from what's unique and…

— Fred Hechinger

Very quickly I realized that directing is a combination of things: It's visual, it's directing the actors, it's telling a story. And people don't…

— Julie Delpy

With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Because it is their medium.…

— Annette Bening

If you decide to direct a film, it's because you have something to say, something to show to the audience.

— Gaspard Ulliel

Directing is kind of like acting through other people. You see moments and you see things and if you don't see the actors hit…

— Malik Yoba

There's not one way to direct a film, there are so many different ways to do it. Everything affects the way it turns out…

— Lukas Moodysson

The reason why I wanted to direct is because there are personal stories that I want to tell, but also because I love every…

— Jason Momoa