Cinema Quote by Doug Liman

As a professional, it pains me to watch a movie that is botched and amateurish. I prefer directors who have control of both their…

— George Cukor

As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into…

— Griffin Dunne

I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

— John Frankenheimer

I think, when you're a director, you get sucked into your project whether you like it or not, right?

— James Wan

My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to…

— Melissa Rosenberg

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

— Wong Kar-wai

I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general.

— Joe Swanberg

As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how to just…

— Paul Feig

I'm a director! I don't work with no amateurs!

— Rza

Going to film school taught me how much I already knew, and that the best way to learn about film is being on the…

— Devin Ratray

As a director, you're open to any kind of criticism.

— Theodore Melfi

In an ideal world, as a director, you usually wish you could do your own thing and not have to take anyone else's point…

— Johan Renck